Antonyms for chivalrously

Grammar : Adv

Spell : shiv-uhl-ruhs

Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃɪv əl rəs

Definition of chivalrously

Origin : mid-14c., from Old French chevaleros "knightly, noble, chivalrous," from chevalier (see chevalier; also cf. chivalry). According to OED, obsolete in English and French from mid-16c. Not revived in French, but brought back in English late 18c. by romantic writers fond of medieval settings.

As in bravely : adv courageously
As in generously : adv with an open heart

Example sentences :

She was pretty and soft, and had been chivalrously treated all her days.
Extract from : « The Call of the Wild » by Jack London

And well and chivalrously did he sustain his high and sacred charge.
Extract from : « The History of Chivalry, Volume I (of 2) » by Charles Mills

These are some of Gen. Hancocks men that treated me so chivalrously at Gettysburg.
Extract from : « Drum Taps in Dixie » by Delavan S. Miller

"He is of my family," said Jean Jacques firmly and chivalrously.
Extract from : « The Money Master, Complete » by Gilbert Parker

How comes it that in this wild place you have learned to speak so chivalrously?
Extract from : « The Black Douglas » by S. R. Crockett

But was this person you rescued so—chivalrously—an Englishman?
Extract from : « The Boy Scouts In Russia » by John Blaine

No other painter has given to the soldier saints forms at once so heroic and so chivalrously tender.
Extract from : « Renaissance in Italy Vol. 3 » by John Addington Symonds

Stephen chivalrously sent first an embassador, Basil Lapotinsky, to the court of Ivan, to demand the restitution of the provinces.
Extract from : « The Empire of Russia » by John S. C. Abbott

She looked upon him as a Bayard who had chivalrously risked his life in the cause of - love, was it?
Extract from : « The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, Vols. I to III » by Cuthbert Bede

But none so chivalrously anxious to repair an unintentional injury or a hasty word.
Extract from : « Reminiscences of a Canadian Pioneer for the last Fifty Years » by Samuel Thompson

Synonyms for chivalrously

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