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Webster 1913 Edition

Kindly

Kind′ly

(kīnd′ly̆)
,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Kindlier
(kīnd′lĭ-ẽr)
;
sup
erl.
Kindliest
.]
[AS.
cyndelic
. See
Kind
,
Noun.
]
1.
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.
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.
Tennyson.
3.
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.

Kind′ly

,
adv.
1.
Naturally; fitly.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Examine how
kindly
the Hebrew manners of speech mix and incorporate with the English language
Addison.
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.
Rom. xii. 10.

Webster 1828 Edition

Kindly

KINDLY

,
Adj.
[See Kind, the noun.] Homogeneal; congenial; kindred; of the same nature. This Johnson supposes to be the original sense; but it is also used as a derivative of the adjective, in the sense of
1.
Mild; bland; softening; as kindly showers.

KINDLY

,
adv.
With good will; with a disposition to make others happy or to oblige; benevolently; favorably. Let the poor be treated kindly.
Be kindly affectioned one to another, with brotherly love--Rom.12.
And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
Gen.1.

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