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taking kindly

taking kindly is the present participle and gerund 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 taking kindly

What is taking kindly the present participle and gerund of?
Taking kindly is the present participle and gerund of take kindly.

Words near taking kindly in the dictionary

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

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