kindly

adjectif

1. 1

   Having a kind personality; kind, warmhearted, sympathetic.

   A kindly old man sits on the park bench every afternoon feeding pigeons.

   The shade by which my life was crost, […] Has made me kindly with my kind

   This was the first long train journey I ever took, and the details remain in my memory as sharply as if they had taken place last week. Hopping on the Circle Line to King's Cross, boarding the compartmentalised train, the kindly ticket inspectors, and every station where the Grimsby express stopped (in those days it didn't go through to Cleethorpes).

2. 2

   vieilliFavourable, gentle, pleasant, tidy, auspicious, beneficent.

   Ye Heav'ns! from high the devvy nectar pour, / And in ſoft ſilence ſhed the kindly ſhovv'r!

   His Brothers' wisdom or their love— / But calmly from the spot withdrew; / The like endeavours to renew, / should e'er a kindlier time ensue.

   Lead, kindly Light, amid th' encircling gloom, / ⁠Lead Thou me on

3. 3

   archaïqueLawful.

4. 4

   obsolèteNatural; inherent to the kind or race.

   the kindly fruits of the earth

   An heard of Bulles, whom kindly rage doth sting,

   [W]hatſoever as the Sonne of God, He may doe; it is kindly, for Him, as the Sonne of man, to ſave the ſonnes of men.

adverbe

1. 1

   In a kind manner, out of kindness.

   He kindly offered to take us to the station in his car.

   Because I could not stop for Death, / He kindly stopped for me; / The carriage held but just ourselves / And Immortality.

   She was both beautiful and young to their eyes. Her hair was a rich red in color and fell in flowing ringlets over her shoulders. Her dress was pure white but her eyes were blue, and they looked kindly upon the little girl.

2. 2

   In a favourable way.

   Aguero was quick to block Hennessey's attempted clearance and the ball bounced kindly to Dzeko, who had the simplest of tasks to put City ahead.

3. 3

   Used to make a polite request: please.

   Kindly refrain from walking on the grass.

   May we request that patrons kindly take their seats.

   Well, I called me wife and I said to her: Will you kindly tell to me / Who owns that horse outside the door where my old horse should be?

   Please kindly bring your hardcopy of the Constitution to every class.

4. 4

   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.

5. 5

   Kind of, somewhat.

6. 6

   archaïqueReadily.

7. 7

   obsolèteNaturally.

Formes

comparatif

kindlier, more kindly

superlatif

kindliest, most kindly