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▪ I. unˈknightly, a.
[un-1 7.]
1. Not appropriate to a knight or to knighthood.
c1412Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 2286 Of suche vnknyghtly trikkes he nat roghte. 1423Jas. I Kingis Q. lv, The crueltee of that vnknyghtly dede. 1586J. Ferne Blaz. Gentry 161 Lewes..had so vnknightlye a regarde..of Armes, that [etc.]. 1611J. Guillim Heraldry ii. vi. 56 Base and vnknightly actions and qualities, deserue a base and vnknightly chastisement. 1664Butler Hud. ii. i. 832, I here..free you from th' Unknightly Jail. 1704D'Urfey Tales. Abradatus & P. i. 12 The dire reward that did belong To him that Acted such unknightly wrong. 1828Scott F.M. Perth viii, The unknightly advantage which yonder rascal had taken of his stumbling horse. 1860Gen. P. Thompson Audi Alt. Part. III. cxlii. 123 A foreign force..threatening to sack, unless unknightly and degrading terms were complied with.
2. Unlike a knight; not having the qualities of a knight.
1596Spenser F.Q. vi. iii. 35 Vnknightly Knight,..Loe I defie thee. 1813Byron Ch. Har. Pref., Add., It has been stated, that..he is very unknightly, as the times of the Knights were times of Love, Honour, and so forth. 1842Tennyson Morte d'Arthur 120 Ah,..untrue, Unknightly, traitor-hearted!
▪ II. unˈknightly, adv.
[un-1 11.]
In an unknightly manner.
a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. xviii, They helde playe against the rest, though the two brothers unknightly helped them. 1859Tennyson Geraint & Enid 723 The brute Earl..unknightly with flat hand, however lightly, smote her on the cheek. |