mankindly

mankindly adjective: pertaining to or characteristic of mankind; humanly, humane.

Adjective

mankindly (comparative more mankindly, superlative most mankindly)

Pertaining to or characteristic of mankind; humanly, humane.
- They are the great midland expanses that have remained young in realisation of just what our common share and responsibility in sea-power mean to all the mankindly world.1928, Marguerite E. DeWitt, Our Oral Word as Social and Economic Factor
- Let friendly music-making be the rule everywhere during wartime, and in it musicians must just now try to be particularly mankindly.1939, The Listener, volume 22, page 560

Charter that Clark and Sohn have so skillfully and deliberately devised, I think we could take some shorter steps to infuse it with mankindly spirit.1960, Council for the Study of Mankind, University of Virginia, Seminar on law and mankind, Newcomb Hall, University of Virginia May 20...
For one moment here the face might seem mankindly and evolved: but that, we know, is just an old illusion.1982, D. Keith Mano, Take Five, page 1:

comparative	more mankindly
superlative	most mankindly

From Middle English mankindely, mankyndely. By surface analysis, mankind + -ly.

What does mankindly mean?: Mankindly means pertaining to or characteristic of mankind; humanly, humane.
How do you use mankindly in a sentence?: Charter that Clark and Sohn have so skillfully and deliberately devised, I think we could take some shorter steps to infuse it with mankindly spirit.
What part of speech is mankindly?: Mankindly is an adjective.

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