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knightly
adjective as in gracious
Weak matches
- 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
Example Sentences
The Olympics and chariot racing declined as the Roman world fragmented, and knightly tournaments, which served to entertain and prepare its participants for war, emerged as the new popular spectacle.
He sent his resignation earlier this week, and his last day will be March 31, county spokesperson Arnold Knightly confirmed.
When I was anointed a reporter at 21, I felt as if I had been inducted into a knightly order dedicated to Truth and I’ve never been totally deprogrammed.
She carried the 17th century Sword of State made for Charles II into Westminster Abbey, and exchanged it for the Jewelled Sword of Offering, which symbolises royal power and the monarch accepting his duty and knightly virtues.
Notably, she becomes the first woman to carry and present the diamond, ruby and emerald encrusted sword - which symbolises royal power and the monarch accepting his duty and knightly virtues.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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