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Kindliest
(gcide) | Kindly \Kind"ly\ (k[imac]nd"l[y^]), a. [Compar. Kindlier
(k[imac]nd"l[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Kindliest.] [AS. cyndelic.
See Kind, n. ]
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1. According to the kind or nature; natural. [R.]
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The kindly fruits of the earth. --Book of Com.
Prayer.
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An herd of bulls whom kindly rage doth sting.
--Spenser.
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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.
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2. Humane; congenial; sympathetic; hence, disposed to do good
to; benevolent; gracious; kind; helpful; as, kindly
affections, words, acts, etc.
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The shade by which my life was crossed, . . .
Has made me kindly with my kind. --Tennyson.
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3. Favorable; mild; gentle; auspicious; beneficent.
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In soft silence shed the kindly shower. --Pope.
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Should e'er a kindlier time ensue. --Wordsworth.
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Note: "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.
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