"gentilly" meaning in Middle English

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          "english": "They made a feast. That first day, honorable knights jousted like gentlemen homeward to the contest, and began to shatter their lances. The next day the gentle lords made a royal tournament for the lady's sake.",
          "text": "15th c., Anonymous, Sir Gowther, in 1995, Anne Laskaya, Eve Salisbury (eds.), \"The Middle English Breton lays\", Kalamazoo, Michigan: Medieval Institute Publications pp. 263-307, ll. 39-45.\nA mangere con thei make;\nKnyghtus of honowr tho furst dey\nJustyd gently hom to pley\nHere shaftes gan thei shake.\nOn the morow the lordes gente\nMade a riall tournement\nFor that lady sake;",
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          "ref": "1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knyghtes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, folio xii, recto, column 1:",
          "text": "And Emelye hym loueth so tenderly\nAnd he her ſerueth ſo gentelly\nThat neuer was ther no woꝛde hē bytwene\nOf ielouſye, oꝛ of any other tene",
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        "(by extension) In a manner that reflects the virtues or customs associated with those of gentle birth: generously, courteously, gracefully, nobly, etc."
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      "word": "gentilliche"
    }
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          "ref": "1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knyghtes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, folio xii, recto, column 1:",
          "text": "And Emelye hym loueth so tenderly\nAnd he her ſerueth ſo gentelly\nThat neuer was ther no woꝛde hē bytwene\nOf ielouſye, oꝛ of any other tene",
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