kindly
English
/ˈkaɪndli/
adj
Definitions
- Having a kind personality; kind, warm-warmhearted, sympathetic.
- (dated) Favourable, gentle, pleasant, tidy, auspicious, beneficent.
- (archaic) Lawful.
- (obsolete) Natural; inherent to the kind or race.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English kyndely inherited from Old English cyndelīċ (natural, kindly) suf from English kind (inherent quality, nature).
Origin
English
kind
Gloss
inherent quality, nature
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- breadkind English
- godkind English
- kind English
- kinder English
- kindful English
- kindhearted English
- kindhood English
- kindless English
- kindlily English
- kindliness English
- kindness English
- kindship English
- kindsome English
- many-kinded English
- overkind English
- subkind English
- underkind English
- unkind English
- cyndelīċ Old English
- kynde Middle English
- kyndely Middle English
- kain Tok Pisin