kindly
/ˈkaɪn(d)li/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adv
In a favourable way.
Example Sentences
- "A kindly old man sits on the park bench every afternoon feeding pigeons."
- "The shade by which my life was crost, […] Has made me kindly with my kind"
- "This was the first long train journey I ever took, and the details remain in my memory as sharply as if they had taken place last week. 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)."
- "Ye Heav'ns! from high the devvy nectar pour, / And in ſoft ſilence ſhed the kindly ſhovv'r!"
- "His Brothers' wisdom or their love— / But calmly from the spot withdrew; / The like endeavours to renew, / should e'er a kindlier time ensue."
- "Lead, kindly Light, amid th' encircling gloom, / Lead Thou me on"
Etymology
From Middle English kyndely, kyndeliche, from Old English cyndelīċ (“natural, kindly”); equivalent to kind + -ly.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkaɪn(d)li/
- British English: /ˈkaɪn(d)li/