Adjective kindly has 3 senses
- charitable, kindly, sympathetic, large-hearted - showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity; "was charitable in his opinions of others"; "kindly criticism"; "a kindly act"; "sympathetic words"; "a large-hearted mentor"
Antonym: unkind (indirect, via kind)
- good-hearted, kind, kindly, openhearted - generously responsive; "good-hearted but inept efforts to help"; "take a kindly interest"; "a kindly gentleman"; "an openhearted gift to charity"
Antonyms: malevolent, malicious (indirect, via benevolent)
- kindly - pleasant and agreeable; "a kindly climate"; "kindly breeze"
Antonym: malign (indirect, via benign)
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Adverbial kindly has 1 sense
- kindly - in a kind manner or out of kindness; "He spoke kindly to the boy"; "she kindly overlooked the mistake"
Antonyms: unkindly
Derived from adjective kind1
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