What does kindly mean?
Kindly means Having a kind personality; kind, warmhearted, sympathetic..
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/ˈkaɪn(d)li/ · adjective
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).
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
the kindly fruits of the earth
An heard of Bulles, whom kindly rage doth sting,
Use kindly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Kindly means Having a kind personality; kind, warmhearted, sympathetic..
Common synonyms include compassionate, benignant, good-hearted, kind.
Possible antonyms include mean, stern, hateful, malevolent.
A kindly old man sits on the park bench every afternoon feeding pigeons.
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