Etymology

mindly

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Today it means: Of or relating to the mind; mental Full definition →

Middle English myndly
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  1. Middle English · inherited frommyndly
  2. English todaymindly

From Middle English myndly, myendly (“mindful; mental”), equivalent to mind + -ly.

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