Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for knightly

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 5, Summit · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 5, SummitThinking and knowing

characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages

The knightly years.

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The true synonym

chivalric

Same sentence, swapped: The chivalric years.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for knightly as it is used in the sentence above.

valorous
patrician
elevated

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