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Kindly   /kˈaɪndli/   Listen
adverb
Kindly  adv.  
1.
Naturally; fitly. (Obs.) "Examine how kindly the Hebrew manners of speech mix and incorporate with the English language"
2.
In a kind manner; congenially; with good will; with a disposition to make others happy, or to oblige. "Be kindly affectioned one to another, with brotherly love."



adjective
Kindly  adj.  (compar. kindlier; superl. kindliest)  
1.
According to the kind or nature; natural. (R.) "The kindly fruits of the earth." "An herd of bulls whom kindly rage doth sting." "Whatsoever as the Son of God he may do, it is kindly for Him as the Son of Man to save the sons of men."
2.
Humane; congenial; sympathetic; hence, disposed to do good to; benevolent; gracious; kind; helpful; as, kindly affections, words, acts, etc. "The shade by which my life was crossed,... Has made me kindly with my kind."
3.
Favorable; mild; gentle; auspicious; beneficent. "In soft silence shed the kindly shower." "Should e'er a kindlier time ensue." Note: "Nothing ethical was connoted in kindly once: it was simply the adjective of kind. But it is God's ordinance that kind should be kindly, in our modern sense of the word as well; and thus the word has attained this meaning."






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"Kindly" Quotes from Famous Books



... is fortunate that the Tiger should be the first ship he will sail in," he said that evening. "I regard the captain as my best officer. He is a good seaman and a capital navigator, and he is of a most kindly disposition; therefore, I can put the boy under him with the certainty that he will be well treated and cared for. In the next place, the Tiger does not, like my other ships, make regular voyages to and from a foreign port, but carries on the business of a trader ...
— With Cochrane the Dauntless • George Alfred Henty

... Gayland's box in which you were; and that whatever she, with her acknowledged taste and refinement, sanctions with her presence, can only be objected to by ignorance or prejudice. You have still a great deal to learn, my dear Lucy," added he, more kindly; "and nothing can be so fatal to your progress in that respect, as your attempting to lead, or to find fault, with what you do ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Vol. 19, Issue 546, May 12, 1832 • Various

... is true that he must first prevent us, for as no man can say, "that Jesus is the Christ, but by the Spirit of God," so no man can indeed pray for the Spirit, but by the Spirit's own intercession within him. Where God hath bestowed any thing of this Spirit, it is known by the kindly and fervent desires after more of it. Now, since we have such a large and ample promise (Ezek. xxxvi. 27, Joel ii. 28) of the pouring out of the Spirit, and that in as absolute and free a manner as can be imagined, and ...
— The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning • Hugh Binning

... elected a corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. In 1877 Cambridge University, making an exception to its custom of not conferring honorary degrees on its members, gave him the LL.D. and an ovation, when the kindly eyes of the venerable naturalist beamed upon the monkey-figure dangled by undergraduates before him from the galleries, in addition to a solitary link of a huge chain, no doubt representing "the missing link." In 1878 the honour, long withheld, and ...
— Life of Charles Darwin • G. T. (George Thomas) Bettany

... recollect, so much excellent and paternal advice from Jacques. She was not burdened with her satchel on this occasion, but carried, in the same careless and playful fashion, a small reticule; while her cavalier took charge of her purchases, stored in two or three bundles, and kindly relinquished to the gentleman by the lady, as is still the custom in ...
— The Youth of Jefferson - A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 • Anonymous


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