adv.
- in a kind manner.
- please (used in a polite request):
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will you kindly sign this letter.
adj.
(kindlier, kindliest)
kind and gentle.
Phrase
- look kindly on
regard sympathetically. - not take kindly to
not welcome or be pleased by. - take something kindly
like or be pleased by something. - thank someone kindly
thank someone very much.
Etymology
OE: adv. from gecyndelīce ‘naturally, characteristically’ (see kind2, -ly2); adj. from gecyndelīc ‘natural’ (see kind1, -ly1).
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