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kindly 音標拼音: [k'ɑɪndli] a. 和藹的,溫和的,爽快的
ad. 溫和地,親切地 和藹的,溫和的,爽快的溫和地,親切地 kindly adv 1: in a kind manner or out of kindness; " He spoke kindly to the boy"; " she kindly overlooked the mistake" [ ant: { unkindly}] adj 1: showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity; " was charitable in his opinions of others"; " kindly criticism"; " a kindly act"; " sympathetic words"; " a large- hearted mentor" [ synonym: { charitable}, { benevolent}, { kindly}, { sympathetic}, { good- hearted}, { openhearted}, { large- hearted}] 2: pleasant and agreeable; " a kindly climate"; " kindly breeze" 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. ] [ 1913 Webster] 1. According to the kind or nature; natural. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] The kindly fruits of the earth. -- Book of Com. Prayer. [ 1913 Webster] An herd of bulls whom kindly rage doth sting. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Humane; congenial; sympathetic; hence, disposed to do good to; benevolent; gracious; kind; helpful; as, kindly affections, words, acts, etc. [ 1913 Webster] The shade by which my life was crossed, . . . Has made me kindly with my kind. -- Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Favorable; mild; gentle; auspicious; beneficent. [ 1913 Webster] In soft silence shed the kindly shower. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] Should e' er a kindlier time ensue. -- Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster]
Kindly \ Kind" ly\, adv. 1. Naturally; fitly. [ Obs.] -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] Examine how kindly the Hebrew manners of speech mix and incorporate with the English language -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] 2. In a kind manner; congenially; with good will; with a disposition to make others happy, or to oblige. [ 1913 Webster] Be kindly affectioned one to another, with brotherly love. -- Rom. xii. 10. [ 1913 Webster] 110 Moby Thesaurus words for " kindly": Christian, Christlike, Christly, accommodating, affable, affably, affectionate, agreeable, agreeably, amiable, amiably, amicable, amicably, ardently, attentive, beneficent, benevolent, benign, benignant, benignantly, benignly, blissfully, breathlessly, brotherly, cheerfully, compassionate, complaisant, compliant, considerate, considerately, cooperative, cordially, courteously, decent, enjoyably, enthusiastically, excitedly, exuberantly, fair, favorable, favorably, fervently, fervidly, fraternal, friendly, generous, generously, genially, glowingly, good, good- hearted, gracious, graciously, gratifyingly, heart and soul, heartily, heatedly, heedfully, hospitably, human, humane, humanely, humanly, impassionedly, indulgent, intensely, keenly, kind, kindhearted, kindheartedly, kindly- disposed, loving, neighborly, nice, nicely, obliging, obligingly, overindulgent, overpermissive, passionately, permissive, pleasantly, please, pleasingly, pleasurably, politely, propitious, satisfyingly, sociable, softhearted, softheartedly, sympathetic, sympathizing, tender, tenderhearted, tenderheartedly, thoughtful, thoughtfully, vigorously, warm, warmhearted, warmheartedly, warmly, well, well- affected, well- disposed, well- intentioned, well- meaning, well- meant, zealously
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