Chivalrous
['ʃɪv(ə)lrəs] or ['ʃɪvəlrəs]
Definition
(a.) Pertaining to chivalry or knight-errantry; warlike; heroic; gallant; high-spirited; high-minded; magnanimous.
Edited by Candice
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Gallant, adventurous, valiant, brave, warlike, bold.
Typed by Gus
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Courageous, generous, knightly, gallant, heroic, adventurous, valiant, spirited,handsome, high-minded
ANT:Unhandsome, dirty, sneaking, pettifogging, scrubby, dastardly, {[-9oreant]?},ungenerous, ungentlemanly
Typist: Lycurgus
Examples
- No; he was quite sure that she was an ideal woman, so therefore worshipped her—unseen, unheard—with all the chivalrous affection of a medi?val knight. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The brave boy's act of chivalrous self-sacrifice filled me with pride, nor did I care that it had wrested from us our last frail chance for escape. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- And well and chivalrous did De Bracy that day maintain the fame he had acquired in the civil wars of that dreadful period. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The former was the economic side of the institution, the latter the chivalrous. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He took the more chivalrous view, however, and preserved her secret. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mr. Clayton, she said quietly, extending her hand, first let me thank you for your chivalrous loyalty to my dear father. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Ay, but, said Wamba, your chivalrous excellency will find there are more fools than franklins among us. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- But he had a chivalrous nature (was not the disinterested service of woman among the ideal glories of old chivalry? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Chivalrous feeling, disinterestedness, pride in honour, is too dead in their hearts. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The chivalrous Twemlow, Knight of the Simple Heart, was not in a condition to offer any suggestion. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Typist: Lycurgus