kindly Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- considerate
- warm
- good
- friendly
- merciful
- humanitarian
- kindhearted
- attentive
- tender
- sweet
- tenderhearted
- softhearted
- pleasant
- solicitous
- generous
- patient
- benignant
- warmhearted
- good-hearted
- humane
- beneficent
Weak:
- lenient
- amicable
- clement
- philanthropical
- affable
- munificent
- unselfish
- charitable
- forbearing
- neighborly
- selfless
- brotherly
- cordial
- comradely
- noble
- mild
- good-natured
- soft
- liberal
- pitying
- understanding
- magnanimous
- forgiving
- benign
- philanthropic
- genial
- openhearted
- altruistic
- companionable
- tolerant
- unsparing
- good-tempered
Strongest:
- heartless
- bestial
- callous
- fiendish
- brutish
- sadistic
- unfeeling
- inhuman
- sadistic
- fiendish
- unkind
- insensitive
- cruel
- inhuman
- barbaric
- callous
- insensitive
- pitiless
- unkindly
- vicious
- inhumane
- atrocious
- brutal
- unkindly
- atrocious
- pitiless
- unsympathetic
- unfeeling
- brutish
- truculent
- vicious
- savage
- inhumane
- insensate
- barbaric
- savage
- merciless
- cruel
- ruthless
- merciless
- heartless
- truculent
- bestial
- ruthless
- barbarous
- brutal
- unsympathetic
- brute
- unkind
- insensate
- barbarous
- brute
Strong:
- harsh
- malign
- malevolent
- inconsiderate
- malevolent
- malicious
- stern
- malignant
- hard-hearted
- wanton
- virulent
- harsh
- spiteful
- spiteful
- inconsiderate
- uncompassionate
- malignant
- uncompassionate
- wanton
- grim
- mean
- unthinking
- cold-blooded
- stern
- unsentimental
- thoughtless
- severe
- tough
- ironhearted
- tough
- cold-blooded
- severe
- thoughtless
- hateful
- mean
- malign
- hateful
- ironhearted
- nasty
- virulent
- hard-hearted
- unthinking
- malicious
- uncaring
- nasty
- unsentimental
- grim
- uncaring
Weak:
kindly Meaning
kindly (s)
showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
pleasant and agreeable
kindly (r)
in a kind manner or out of kindness
kindly (n.)
According to the kind or nature; natural.
Humane; congenial; sympathetic; hence, disposed to do good to; benevolent; gracious; kind; helpful; as, kindly affections, words, acts, etc.
Favorable; mild; gentle; auspicious; beneficent.
kindly (adv.)
Naturally; fitly.
In a kind manner; congenially; with good will; with a disposition to make others happy, or to oblige.
kindly Sentence Examples
- I kindly request your assistance in this matter.
- She greeted us kindly and offered us refreshments.
- The donation was a kindly gesture that made a big difference in their lives.
- He was a kindly old man who always had a smile on his face.
- The teacher kindly explained the concept to the struggling student.
- Despite his busy schedule, the doctor kindly agreed to see the patient immediately.
- The volunteer kindly helped the lost child find his way home.
- She kindly gave me her sweater when I was cold.
- The kind stranger kindly helped us carry our heavy bags.
- The librarian kindly pointed me to the section where I could find the book I was looking for.
FAQs About the word kindly
showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity, pleasant and agreeable, in a kind manner or out of kindnessAccording to the kind or nature; n
gracious, nice, gentle, thoughtful, benevolent, compassionate, sympathetic,kind, considerate, warm
heartless, bestial, callous, fiendish, brutish, sadistic, unfeeling, inhuman, sadistic, fiendish
I kindly request your assistance in this matter.
She greeted us kindly and offered us refreshments.
The donation was a kindly gesture that made a big difference in their lives.
He was a kindly old man who always had a smile on his face.