Antonyms for kindly
| Grammar : Adj, adv |
| Spell : kahynd-lee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkaɪnd li |
Definition of kindly
Origin :- early 14c., from Old English gecyndelic "natural, innate; suitable, lawful;" see kind (adj.) + -ly (1). Related: Kindliness. The adverb meaning "with kind feelings" is from Old English gecyndelice, with -ly (2).
- adj compassionate, helpful
- adv with compassion
- "I shall not call upon you to do that," said the lawyer, kindly.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Bates was a stout sailor, rough in appearance, but with a warm and kindly heart.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Every one we came in contact with, both high and low, treated us most kindly.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- It was the gray-headed man with the glasses and the kindly look about the eyes.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- He has kindly furnished us with an excuse for being so long together, said she.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- And secondly, will you kindly remember that, whether this be natural or not, it is true?
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- It is kindly and homely to me to hear her voice and to feel that she is behind me.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- She considered, giving him, after her kindly way, the benefit of the doubt.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Her second was to receive them kindly and then serve them as she had served Ayllon.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- The woman asked him kindly where he came from, and where he was going to; but he could not answer her.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
Synonyms for kindly
- affectionately
- agreeably
- attentive
- beneficial
- benevolent
- benevolently
- benign
- benignant
- benignly
- carefully
- charitably
- compassionately
- considerately
- cool
- cordial
- cordially
- courteously
- delicately
- favorable
- friendly
- generous
- generously
- genial
- genially
- gentle
- good
- good-hearted
- good-natured
- good-naturedly
- gracious
- graciously
- hearty
- heedfully
- helpfully
- humane
- humanely
- kind
- kindhearted
- mellow
- merciful
- mild
- neighborly
- pleasant
- polite
- politely
- sociable
- solicitously
- sympathetic
- sympathetically
- tenderly
- thoughtful
- thoughtfully
- tolerantly
- understandingly
- warm
- well
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