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kindlier

kindlier is the comparative form of kindly.

Meaning of kindly

Adjective

kindly (comparative kindlier, superlative kindliest)

  1. Having a kind personality; kind, warmhearted, sympathetic.
    • A kindly old man sits on the park bench every afternoon feeding pigeons.
    Synonyms:
    openhearted
  2. (dated) Favourable, gentle, pleasant, tidy, auspicious, beneficent.
    • Ye Heav'ns! from high the devvy nectar pour, / And in ſoft ſilence ſhed the kindly ſhovv'r!1712 (date written), Alexander Pope, “Messiah. A Sacred Eclogue, in Imitation of Virgil’s Pollio.”, in The Works of Alexander Pope Esq. […], volume I, London: […] J[ohn] and P[aul] Knapton, H....
  3. (archaic) Lawful.
  4. (obsolete) Natural; inherent to the kind or race.
    • the kindly fruits of the earth1549 March 7, Thomas Cranmer [et al.], compilers, The Booke of the Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacramentes, […], London: […] Edowardi Whitchurche […], →OCLC

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Questions about kindlier

What is kindlier the comparative form of?
Kindlier is the comparative form of kindly.

Words near kindlier in the dictionary

  1. kindlessly
  2. kindlest
  3. kindleth
  4. kindlewood
  5. Kindley
  6. kindlier
  7. kindliest
  8. kindlily
  9. kindlin
  10. kindliness
  11. kindlinesses

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