chivalrously

Example Sentences

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He adds, chivalrously, that she was “one of the most extreme cases of misplaced self-confidence I have ever come across.”

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2015

They did note that she missed an arm pass, which Derek chivalrously blamed on his jacket.

From Time • Mar. 25, 2014

The award’s presenter Colin Firth chivalrously slipped the shoe back on her foot.

From BusinessWeek • Feb. 13, 2012

And maybe you and I are guilty of the same kind of instinct in springing so chivalrously to Beryl's defence.

From The Guardian • Feb. 13, 2011

We place at the top of our esteem those people who take chivalrously the heavy blows of life, who are not brave merely, but gallant.

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