Definitions for kindly

kindly kind·ly

Spelling: [kahynd-lee]
IPA: /ˈkaɪnd li/

Kindly is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 66 anagrams from letters in kindly (diklny).

Definitions for kindly

adverb

  1. in a kind manner; with sympathetic or helpful kindness.
  2. cordially or heartily:
  3. obligingly; please:
  4. with liking; favorably:

adjective

  1. having, showing, or proceeding from a benevolent disposition or spirit; kindhearted:
  2. gentle or mild, as rule or laws.
  3. pleasant, agreeable, or benign:
  4. favorable, as soil for crops.

Origin of kindly

before 900; Middle English kyndly (adj. and adv.), Old English gecyndelīc natural, gecyndelīce naturally; see kind1, -ly

Examples for kindly

Bates was a stout sailor, rough in appearance, but with a warm and kindly heart.

Every one we came in contact with, both high and low, treated us most kindly.

He has kindly furnished us with an excuse for being so long together, said she.

That search—which he kindly led me through in order to “let me in on the Newsball process”—took an unusually long time.

We kindly inform these little jokers with the dubious jokes that they risk judicial proceedings they may not find funny at all.

But Bone, when we routed him out, could not promise us any more accommodation than he had so kindly given us the first night.

John kindly offered to take Hice to see that the “gay plot” has nothing to do with “recruiting” children, but with equal rights.

"I shall not call upon you to do that," said the lawyer, kindly.

It was the gray-headed man with the glasses and the kindly look about the eyes.

Louie comes home to his apartment, where Pamela is kindly looking after his daughters.

Word Value for kindly
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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