mindly

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adjective

Of or relating to the mind; mental

OriginMiddle English myndly →
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Meanings

adjectivemindly (comparative more mindly, superlative most mindly)

comparative more mindly · superlative most mindly

  1. Of or relating to the mind; mental

    My body has a mindly quality—and a mind or consciousness of its own and an ability to calculate.

    2013, Harold Brodkey, The Runaway Soul
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    I view in the eyes of all older persons I've seen gathered... of questions with no answers to find ... or of how to escape a mindly body that has been battered ... or of ways of mending the mind.

    2015, D. Russell Walker, Down Life's Trail

Origin

  1. Middle Englishmyndly
  2. Englishmindly

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

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APA

mindly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mindly

MLA

“mindly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mindly. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mindly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mindly.

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