kindly
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li adjective
1.
having, showing, or proceeding from a benevolent disposition or spirit; kindhearted: kindly people.
2.
gentle or mild, as rule or laws.
3.
pleasant, agreeable, or benign: kindly climate.
4.
favorable, as soil for crops.
adverb
6.
cordially or heartily: We thank you kindly.
7.
obligingly; please: Would you kindly close the door?
8.
with liking; favorably: to take kindly to an idea.
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Kindly
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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| —adj , -lier, -liest | |
| 1. | having a sympathetic or warm-hearted nature |
| 2. | motivated by warm and sympathetic feelings: a kindly act |
| 3. | pleasant, mild, or agreeable: a kindly climate |
| 4. | archaic natural; normal |
| —adv | |
| 5. | in a considerate or humane way |
| 6. | with tolerance or forbearance: he kindly forgave my rudeness |
| 7. | cordially; pleasantly: he greeted us kindly |
| 8. | please (often used to express impatience or formality): will you kindly behave yourself! |
| 9. | archaic in accordance with nature; appropriately |
| 10. | not take kindly to to react unfavourably towards |
| 'kindliness | |
| —n | |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Example sentences
Anyways the kindly doctor said there was nothing wrong and sent me on my way.
His kindly and gracious presence in our lives is already greatly missed.
Kindly put some more photos of your excursion online.
Beard, who has so far avoided fatherhood, does not take kindly to this news.
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