kindly
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (dated) Favourable, gentle, pleasant, tidy, auspicious, beneficent.Examples: "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"dated
2. (archaic) Lawful.archaic
3. (obsolete) Natural; inherent to the kind or race.Examples: "the kindly fruits of the earth"; "An heard of Bulles, whom kindly rage doth sting,"; "[W]hatsoever as the Son of God He may do, it is kindly for Him, as the Son of Man, to save the sons of men."obsolete
adv (English)
1. (US) With kind acceptance; used with take.Examples: "I don't take kindly to threats."; "Aunt Daisy didn't take it kindly when we forgot her anniversary."US
2. (dialectal) Kind of, somewhat.dialectal
3. (archaic) Readily.archaic
4. (obsolete) Naturally.obsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary