Kind"ly (kīnd"l&ybreve;), a.
[Compar. Kindlier (?);
superl. Kindliest.] [AS. cyndelic.
See Kind, n. ]
1. According to the kind or nature;
natural. [R.]
The kindly fruits of the earth.
Book of Com. Prayer.
An herd of bulls whom kindly rage doth
sting.
Spenser.
Whatsoever as the Son of God he may do, it is
kindly for
Him as the Son of Man to save the sons of men.
L.
Andrews.
2. Humane; congenial; sympathetic; hence,
disposed to do good to; benevolent; gracious; kind; helpful; as,
kindly affections, words, acts, etc.
The shade by which my life was crossed, . . .
Has made me kindly with my kind.
Tennyson.
3. Favorable; mild; gentle; auspicious;
beneficent.
In soft silence shed the kindly
shower.
Pope.
Should e'er a kindlier time ensue.
Wordsworth.
&fist; "Nothing ethical was connoted in kindly once: it was
simply the adjective of kind. But it is God's ordinance that
kind should be kindly, in our modern sense of the word
as well; and thus the word has attained this meaning."
Trench.
Kind"ly, adv. 1.
Naturally; fitly. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Examine how kindly the Hebrew manners of speech
mix and incorporate with the English language
Addison.
2. In a kind manner; congenially; with good
will; with a disposition to make others happy, or to
oblige.
Be kindly affectioned one to another, with
brotherly love.
Rom. xii. 10.
