Kindly \Kind"ly\, a. [Compar. Kindlier; superl. Kindliest.]
[AS. cyndelic. See Kind, n. ]
1. According to the kind or nature; natural. [R.]
The kindly fruits of the earth. --Book of Com.
Prayer.
An herd of bulls whom kindly rage doth sting.
--Spenser.
Whatsoever as the Son of God he may do, it is kindly
for Him as the Son of Man to save the sons of men.
--L. Andrews.
2. Humane; congenial; sympathetic; hence, disposed to do good
to; benevolent; gracious; kind; helpful; as, kindly
affections, words, acts, etc.
The shade by which my life was crossed, . . . Has
made me kindly with my kind. --Tennyson.
3. Favorable; mild; gentle; auspicious; beneficent.
In soft silence shed the kindly shower. --Pope.
Should e'er a kindlier time ensue. --Wordsworth.
Note: ``Nothing ethical was connoted in kindly once: it was
simply the adjective of kind. But it is God's ordinance
that kind should be kindly, in our modern sense of the
word as well; and thus the word has attained this
meaning.'' --Trench.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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