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Grammar : Adj
Spell : kahynd
Phonetic Transcription : kaɪnd



Definition of kinder

Origin :
  • "class, sort, variety," from Old English gecynd "kind, nature, race," related to cynn "family" (see kin), from Proto-Germanic *gakundjaz "family, race" (see kind (adj.)). Ælfric's rendition of "the Book of Genesis" into Old English came out gecyndboc. The prefix disappeared 1150-1250. No exact cognates beyond English, but it corresponds to adjective endings such as Goth -kunds, Old High German -kund. Also in English as a suffix (mankind, etc.). Other earlier, now obsolete, senses in English included "character, quality derived from birth" and "manner or way natural or proper to anyone." Use in phrase a kind of (1590s) led to colloquial extension as adverb (1804) in phrases such as kind of stupid ("a kind of stupid (person)").
  • adj generous, good
Example sentences :
  • My friend was, if any thing, kinder and more affectionate than ever.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • All that one is able to record is that she was kinder to Yates than she had been at the beginning.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • He kinder started when he see me, jumped on and begin to drive off.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • Old mare's kinder skeery o' the engine, so I tied her a piece off.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • The eyes were wide apart, and kinder than in the photographs.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • I felt then it might be kinder to tell you I could never care.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • I love them dearly; no people could ever be kinder to a thankless creature than they always are to me.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • See the kinder shepherds round Him, Telling wonders from the sky!
  • Extract from : « Grandma's Memories » by Mary D. Brine
  • It is true, the scholar had the softer soul, but the master had the kinder.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 » by Various
  • But nothing could have been kinder than the Gladstones' reception of them and of us.
  • Extract from : « A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume II » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

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