kindly
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Synonyms: kindle, kingly, kinly, kindy, kinkly, kindley
Antonyms: kindle, kingly, kinly, kindy, kinkly, kindley
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Adjective
- Having a kind personality; kind, warm-hearted, sympathetic.
- A kindly old man sits on the park bench every afternoon feeding pigeons.
- Favourable, gentle, pleasant, tidy, auspicious, beneficent.
- Lawful.
- Natural; inherent to the kind or race.
Adverb
- In a kind manner, out of kindness.
- He kindly offered to take us to the station in his car.
- In a favourable way.
- Used to make a polite request: please.
- Kindly refrain from walking on the grass.
- May we request that patrons kindly take their seats.
- With kind acceptance; used with take.
- I don't take kindly to threats.
- Aunt Daisy didn't take it kindly when we forgot her anniversary.
- Kind of, somewhat.
- Readily.
- Naturally.
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