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takes kindly

takes kindly is the third-person singular simple present indicative of take kindly.

Meaning of take kindly

Verb

take kindly (third-person singular simple present takes kindly, present participle taking kindly, simple past took kindly, past participle taken kindly)

  1. (idiomatic) To like, accept, or condone.
    • An English passenger, taking kindly to me, drew me into conversation. He was older than I. He asked me what I ate, what I was, where I was going, why I was shy, and so on. He also advised me to come to table. He laughed at my insistence on abjuring meat, […]1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xiii

Questions about takes kindly

What is takes kindly the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Takes kindly is the third-person singular simple present indicative of take kindly.

Words near takes kindly in the dictionary

  1. takes it up the ass
  2. takes it upon oneself
  3. takes its course
  4. takes its rise
  5. takes its toll
  6. takes kindly
  7. takes L's
  8. takes law into one's own hands
  9. takes leave
  10. takes leave of one's senses
  11. takes liberties

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