Thesaurus / knightly
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synonyms for knightly
- accommodating
- affable
- amiable
- amicable
- approachable
- beneficent
- benevolent
- benign
- benignant
- big-hearted
- bland
- bonhomous
- charitable
- chivalrous
- civil
- compassionate
- complaisant
- congenial
- considerate
- cordial
- courteous
- courtly
- easy
- forthcoming
- friendly
- gallant
- genial
- good-hearted
- good-natured
- hospitable
- indulgent
- lenient
- loving
- merciful
- mild
- obliging
- pleasing
- polite
- sociable
- stately
- suave
- tender
- unctuous
- urbane
- well-mannered
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His knightly code of chivalry says he cannot refuse what a lady requests, but he also wishes to avoid sacrificing his virtue and potentially losing his life by sleeping with his host’s wife.
THE GREEN KNIGHT IS GLORIOUS AND A LITTLE BAFFLING. LET’S UNTANGLE IT.ALISSA WILKINSONJULY 30, 2021VOXA harder fate awaited the foremost knightly defenders of Kildrummy.
KING ROBERT THE BRUCEA. F. MURISONWith a chivalry nearly knightly they came to the rescue, and gave woman a free pass into the regions of language and theology.
OUR CHURCHES AND CHAPELSATTICUSTo sing then a song little Kirsten began, To the tune danced so many a bold knightly man.
THE TALE OF BRYNILD, AND KING VALDEMAR AND HIS SISTERANONYMOUSThe two first were simply intended as displays of knightly skill, and took their rise in the knightly sports of the ninth century.
PARZIVAL (VOL. 1 OF 2)WOLFRAM VON ESCHENBACKIt is the first time we hear of the Champion; but it was an age of knightly revivals, and this was probably one of them.
LITTLE FOLKSVARIOUSHow gaily smile the heavens,The light winds whisper gay;For royal birth and knightly worthAre knit to one to-day.
THE SAINT'S TRAGEDYCHARLES KINGSLEYFor thy sake I ask it—I would but be a mate and help more meetFor all thy knightly virtues.
THE SAINT'S TRAGEDYCHARLES KINGSLEYIt is not for his sword or for his song that he lives in the deathless company of Englands heroes, but for his knightly heart.
HEROES OF TO-DAYMARY R. PARKMANFeeling herself unworthy in the presence of a true knightly soul, Miss Atherton held him untiringly in her arms.
THE WHITE SHIELDMYRTLE REEDWORDS RELATED TO KNIGHTLY
- acclaimed
- celebrated
- chivalrous
- conscientious
- dependable
- distinguished
- eminent
- esteemed
- ethical
- faithful
- forthright
- high-principled
- honest
- honored
- illustrious
- just
- knightly
- law-abiding
- noble
- notable
- of good repute
- on the up-and-up
- principled
- reliable
- respectable
- righteous
- sincere
- sterling
- straightforward
- trustworthy
- truthful
- unstained
- upright
- virtuous
- Santa Claus
- all heart
- altruistic
- beneficent
- benevolent
- big
- bighearted
- bountiful
- charitable
- considerate
- forgiving
- free
- generous
- great
- greathearted
- handsome
- has heart in right place
- high-minded
- kindly
- knightly
- liberal
- lofty
- loose
- munificent
- noble
- openhanded
- selfless
- soft
- soft-touch
- ungrudging
- unselfish
- unstinting
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.