kindly Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- patient
- friendly
- merciful
- warmhearted
- good-hearted
- considerate
- tender
- good
- humane
- beneficent
- pleasant
- warm
- solicitous
- sweet
- attentive
- generous
- softhearted
- tenderhearted
- humanitarian
- kindhearted
- benignant
Weak:
- affable
- selfless
- pitying
- unsparing
- lenient
- brotherly
- comradely
- charitable
- good-natured
- noble
- tolerant
- clement
- forbearing
- amicable
- altruistic
- good-tempered
- companionable
- unselfish
- soft
- munificent
- genial
- benign
- mild
- philanthropic
- forgiving
- philanthropical
- understanding
- cordial
- neighborly
- openhearted
- liberal
- magnanimous
Strongest:
- unsympathetic
- unsympathetic
- brutal
- cruel
- heartless
- bestial
- merciless
- brutal
- brutish
- callous
- pitiless
- unfeeling
- merciless
- truculent
- insensitive
- barbarous
- vicious
- fiendish
- unkind
- brute
- brute
- atrocious
- bestial
- insensate
- unfeeling
- atrocious
- heartless
- unkindly
- brutish
- cruel
- callous
- ruthless
- savage
- savage
- ruthless
- insensitive
- inhuman
- barbaric
- inhumane
- inhuman
- vicious
- barbaric
- inhumane
- sadistic
- barbarous
- fiendish
- insensate
- sadistic
- pitiless
- unkindly
- unkind
- truculent
Strong:
- grim
- ironhearted
- malevolent
- severe
- severe
- cold-blooded
- malicious
- tough
- thoughtless
- unsentimental
- unthinking
- stern
- hateful
- mean
- nasty
- wanton
- spiteful
- spiteful
- unsentimental
- tough
- inconsiderate
- thoughtless
- uncaring
- malignant
- malevolent
- malign
- malicious
- hard-hearted
- virulent
- stern
- cold-blooded
- malign
- unthinking
- malignant
- harsh
- inconsiderate
- nasty
- mean
- hateful
- hard-hearted
- ironhearted
- harsh
- grim
- wanton
- uncompassionate
- uncaring
- uncompassionate
- virulent
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
kind, gracious, sympathetic, nice, benevolent, compassionate, thoughtful, gentle, patient, friendly
unsympathetic, unsympathetic, brutal,cruel, heartless, bestial, merciless, brutal, brutish, callous
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.