kindly

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   in a kind manner or out of kindness

   I spoke kindly to the children.

2. 2
   adj

   pleasant and agreeable

   My country has kindly climate.

3. 3
   adj

   Having a kind personality; kind, warmhearted, sympathetic.

   A kindly old man sits on the park bench every afternoon feeding pigeons.

4. 4
   adj

   Favourable, gentle, pleasant, tidy, auspicious, beneficent.

   Ye Heav'ns! from high the devvy nectar pour, / And in ſoft ſilence ſhed the kindly ſhovv'r!

5. 5
   adj

   Natural; inherent to the kind or race.

   the kindly fruits of the earth

6. 6
   adv

   In a kind manner, out of kindness.

   He kindly offered to take us to the station in his car.

7. 7
   adv

   In 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.

8. 8
   adv

   Used to make a polite request: please.

   Kindly refrain from walking on the grass.

Etymology

From Middle English kyndely, kyndeliche, from Old English cyndelīċ (“natural, kindly”); equivalent to kind + -ly.