kindly Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective satellite showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
sympathetic; benevolent; large-hearted; charitable; good-hearted; openhearted.
- was charitable in his opinions of others
- kindly criticism
- a kindly act
- sympathetic words
- a large-hearted mentor
adjective satellite pleasant and agreeable
- a kindly climate
- kindly breeze
adverb in a kind manner or out of kindness
- He spoke kindly to the boy
- she kindly overlooked the mistake

AS. cyndelic. See Kind, n.

comparative Kindlier ; superlative Kindliest

According to the kind or nature; natural. R.
The kindly fruits of the earth. Book of Com. Prayer.

An herd of bulls whom kindly rage doth sting. Spenser.

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. L. Andrews.
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. Tennyson.
Favorable; mild; gentle; auspicious; beneficent.
In soft silence shed the kindly shower. Pope.

Should e'er a kindlier time ensue. Wordsworth.
✍ "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." Trench.

Naturally; fitly. Obs. Chaucer.
Examine how kindly the Hebrew manners of speech mix and incorporate with the English language Addison.
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. Rom. xii. 10.