kindlily

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adverb

In a kindly manner.

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Meanings

adverbkindlily (comparative more kindlily, superlative most kindlily)

comparative more kindlily · superlative most kindlily

  1. In a kindly manner.

    He is also irritated in vain ; for, whenever did prohibition fall kindlily on the young author's ear? — how then could it be made grateful to the old ?

    1859, John Edmund Reade, Wait and hope

Origin

From kindly + -ly.

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APA

kindlily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kindlily

MLA

“kindlily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kindlily. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kindlily,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kindlily.

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