kindly
Having a kind personalityHaving a kind personality; kind, warmhearted, sympathetic.
» Excuse me but, would you kindly lift that box for me?
Перепрошую, ви не могли би підняти мені цю коробку? — deniko
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4 sensesHaving a kind personality; kind, warmhearted, sympathetic.
A kindly old man sits on the park bench every afternoon feeding pigeons.
до́брыйdóbryj
(dated)Favourable, gentle, pleasant, tidy, auspicious, beneficent.
(archaic)Lawful.
(obsolete)Natural; inherent to the kind or race.
- pleasant and agreeable
- showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
Examples
125 sentencesExcuse me but, would you kindly lift that box for me?
Перепрошую, ви не могли би підняти мені цю коробку? — deniko
The girl treated her horse kindly.
They dealt with the prisoners kindly.
She kindly showed me the way.
ruОна любезно показала мне дорогу. — sharptoothed
deSie zeigte mir freundlicherweise den Weg. — Wolf
She kindly listened to my request.
ruОна любезно выслушала мою просьбу. — Biga
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English kyndely, kyndeliche, from Old English cyndelīċ (“natural, kindly”); eqFrom Middle English kyndely, kyndeliche, from Old English cyndelīċ (“natural, kindly”); equivalent to kind + -ly.
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Forms
kindlier, kindliestSynonyms
51 synonyms- showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity:charitablebenevolentsympatheticgood-heartedopenheartedlarge-hearted
Antonyms
19 antonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.