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kindly

Pronunciation: /ˈkaɪn(d)li/

The English word “kindly” has 11 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Having a kind personality; kind, warmhearted, sympathetic.
  2. Favourable, gentle, pleasant, tidy, auspicious, beneficent.
  3. Lawful.
  4. Natural; inherent to the kind or race.

adverb

  1. In a kind manner, out of kindness.
  2. In a favourable way.
  3. Used to make a polite request: please.
  4. With kind acceptance; used with take.
  5. Kind of, somewhat.
  6. Readily.
  7. Naturally.

Etymology

From Middle English kyndely, kyndeliche, from Old English cyndelīċ (“natural, kindly”); equivalent to kind + -ly.

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