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How to use kindly in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective, adverb

Kindly means having a kind personality; kind, warmhearted, sympathetic. Example: “A kindly old man sits on the park bench every afternoon feeding pigeons.”

Examples of kindly by meaning

adjectiveHaving a kind personality; kind, warmhearted, sympathetic.

  • A kindly old man sits on the park bench every afternoon feeding pigeons.
  • Hopping on the Circle Line to King's Cross, boarding the compartmentalised train, the kindly ticket inspectors, and every station where the Grimsby express stopped (in those days it didn't go through to Cleethorpes).2021 July 28, Christian Wolmar, “Forgotten by the railways, but ripe for the exploring”, in RAIL, number 936, page 34

adverbIn a kind manner, out of kindness.

  • He kindly offered to take us to the station in his car.
  • Her dress was pure white but her eyes were blue, and they looked kindly upon the little girl.1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, chapter 23, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC

adverbIn a favourable way.

  • Aguero was quick to block Hennessey's attempted clearance and the ball bounced kindly to Dzeko, who had the simplest of tasks to put City ahead.2011 October 29, Neil Johnston, “Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC Sport

adverbUsed to make a polite request: please.

  • Kindly refrain from walking on the grass.
  • May we request that patrons kindly take their seats.
  • Please kindly bring your hardcopy of the Constitution to every class.2024, John L. Badalamenti, Ashley C. Grabowski, “ADVANCED CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION: ORIGINALISM AND ITS FOES”, in University of...

adverbWith kind acceptance; used with take.

  • I don't take kindly to threats.
  • Aunt Daisy didn't take it kindly when we forgot her anniversary.

More sentences with kindly

  • He chanced upon a kindly stranger who showed him the way.From the entry chance
  • I don't want to buy any blimming brushes, so kindly go away!From the entry blimming
  • We don't look kindly on people like you.From the entry look on
  • The pooka had befriended the kindly old man.From the entry pooka
  • She kindly remonstrated us for allowing our yoga to be so unintentional; she reminded us that it is supposed to be more than mere absent-minded stretching.From the entry unintentional
  • Watt was a cardiac case, a seawise and kindly man, and probably by now he is dead.2022, A. J. Liebling, Back where I came from. From the entry seawise
  • The young Darrow did not always take kindly to his father's strict ways.2020, Diana Klebanon, Franklin L. Jonas, Diana Klebanow, People's Lawyers: Crusaders for Justice in American History. From the entry take kindly
  • 'Nah, listen to me, me old china,' he said, wrapping a kindly paw around my shoulder.2015, John Tovey, A Puppy Called Dez. From the entry baked bean
  • Ashok had learned to hide the intensity of these feelings under a kindly and caring demeanor.2011 August 1, Latika Mangrulkar, Life Happens, and Death Too: Stories and Poems, Strategic Book Publishing, →ISBN, page 73. From the entry raise someone's shackles
  • Feminists of the era did not take kindly to Ericsson and his Marlboro Man veneer.2010 July, Hanna Rosin, “The End of Men”, in The Atlantic. From the entry sperminator
  • You are paid a lot of money; kindly do some expletive-deleted work.2003, Toby Miller, “What It Is and What It Isn’t: Cultural Studies Meets Graduate Student Labor”, in Austin Sarat, Jonathan Simon…. From the entry expletive deleted
  • Would you kindly concretize what do you mean speaking of an "old tbc lesion"?1996 November 5, Evgeny S.Pobegalov, “about old pulmonary tuberculosis”, in bit.med.resp-care.world (Usenet), retrieved 10 May 2022. From the entry calcificated
  • A slithering back porch visitor and a kindly sign painter helped a young mother overcome snake fright.1992, Wisconsin Natural Resources, volumes 16-17. From the entry snake-fright
  • The two little children stood mumchance, but with a kindly air.1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 446. From the entry mumchance
  • And after dinner, with a kindly wink, she bade them accompany the Reverend, who briskly walked hallward.1957 March 7, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 4.7, in Pnin, Heinemann, page 102. From the entry -ward
  • Shuster kindly furnished samples of prostatic acid phosphomonoesterase prepared according to the procedure of Markham and Smith.1955, John B. Wolff, Nathan O. Kaplan, “d-Mannitol 1-Phosphate Dehydrogenase from Escherichia Coli”, in The Journal of General Physiology…. From the entry phosphomonoesterase
  • "You could get secondhanded ones for half price," he told Aunt Julina kindly.1949, Mattie Virginia Harris, Weddin' Trimmin's, page 58. From the entry secondhanded
  • Excellent inn, the George, plainly the best in Lichfield, and staffed with good, kindly people.1945, Nikolai Tolstoy, quoting Patrick O’Brian, “‘The smallest habitation I had ever seen’”, in Patrick O’Brian: The Making of the…. From the entry Miss Austenish
  • "And if you like to comerlongerme," he added kindly, "you'll dodge all these reporters."1932, Dorothy L. Sayers, Have His Carcase, page 51. From the entry comerlongerme
  • An English passenger, taking kindly to me, drew me into conversation.1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xiii. From the entry take kindly
  • There was much bad ice, but for us get good luck over it, by kindly of snow.1923, Ghulam Rassul Galwan, Aksakal of Leh, Servant of Sahibs, Cambridge, England: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd., →OCLC, page 265. From the entry Sanju
  • They are as trustworthy and kindly as the average human being.1921 July 21, L.C. Barnes, “Antidotes for Romaphobia”, in The Watchman-Examiner: A National Baptist Paper, volume 9, number 29, page 919. From the entry Romaphobia
  • Kindly note that your trial is resumed, and further contempt will not be allowed to go unpurged.1909, E. W. Hornung, chapter 15, in Mr. Justice Raffles, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 229. From the entry unpurged
  • The rejection slip was so tactfully worded that he felt kindly toward the editor.1909, Jack London, chapter 11, in Martin Eden. From the entry rejection slip
  • On my knees I beg it of you, most gentle and kindly squire!1905–1906, Arthur Conan Doyle, “How Nigel Went Marketing to Guildford”, in Sir Nigel, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], published January…. From the entry ruth
  • "Kindly take them in batches of ten sheets, and tear them in half, Dunstable."1905, P. G. Wodehouse, A Corner in Lines. From the entry in half
  • There was hooch galore, and meat and feastings, and they took kindly to the new order.1904, Jack London, (Please provide the book title or journal name). From the entry feasting
  • Capryol 90 (propylene glycol monocaprylate) and Transcutol HP (purified diethylene glycol monoethyl ether) were kindly donated by Gattefosse.2015 June 23, In-hwan Baek et al., “Design of a gelatin microparticle-containing self-microemulsifying formulation for enhanced oral…. From the entry monocaprylate
  • Ibn Rushd tried to reconcile reason and humane morality with God and faith, positing a kindly God and an unfanatic faith.2015 September 4, Ursula K Le Guin, “Two Years, Eight Months and Twenty‑Eight Nights by Salman Rushdie review – a modern Arabian Nights”…. From the entry unfanatic
  • Heartland was locavorous on steroids, and I mean that kindly.2013, Raymond Sokolov, Steal the Menu: A Memoir of Forty Years in Food, →ISBN, page 203. From the entry locavorous

Meaning of kindly

  1. adjective Having a kind personality; kind, warmhearted, sympathetic.
  2. adjective Favourable, gentle, pleasant, tidy, auspicious, beneficent.
  3. adjective Lawful.

Full definition of kindly

Questions about kindly in a sentence

How do you use kindly in a sentence?
Kindly is used as an adjective and adverb. For example: “A kindly old man sits on the park bench every afternoon feeding pigeons.”
What is a short sentence with kindly?
“I don't take kindly to threats.”
What does kindly mean?
Kindly means having a kind personality; kind, warmhearted, sympathetic.

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