a. and adv. [See -LIKE.]

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  A.  adj. Like or befitting a knight; knightly.

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c. 1425.  Wyntoun, Cron., VII. viii. 20. In Tornementis, and Justyngis, And mony oþir Knychtlyk Thyngis.

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1574.  Hellowes, Gueuara’s Fam. Ep. (1577), 204. Agreeable to the last rule, which was the better and more Knightlike.

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1612.  Drayton, Poly-olb., XII. 202. That great and puissant Knight (in whose victorious dayes Those knight-like deeds were done).

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1847.  Tennyson, Princess, IV. 577. He knightlike in his cap instead of casque … assumed the Prince.

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  B.  adv. = KNIGHTLY adv.

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1375.  Barbour, Bruce, XV. 53. Thai mantemyt that gret melle So knychtlik apon athir syde.

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c. 1470.  Henry, Wallace, IX. 1047. Rycht knychtlik he thaim kend, In that jornay othir to wyn or end.

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a. 1649.  Drumm. of Hawth., Poems, Wks. (1711), 22. If he die, he knight-like dies in blood.

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1808.  Scott, Marm., III. xviii. If, knight-like, he despises fear.

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