kindly

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Having a kind personality; kind, warmhearted, sympathetic.
2. (dated) Favourable, gentle, pleasant, tidy, auspicious, beneficent.
3. (archaic) Lawful.
4. (obsolete) Natural; inherent to the kind or race.

Adv

1. In a kind manner, out of kindness.
2. In a favourable way.
3. Used to make a polite request: please.
4. (US) With kind acceptance; used with take.
5. (dialectal) Kind of, somewhat.
6. (archaic) Readily.
7. (obsolete) Naturally.

Concepten

vriendelijk

aardig

lief

welwillend

voorkomend

weldadig

goedaardig

innemend

liefelijk

prettig

schattig

snoeperig

snoezig

goed

👍

charmant

vriendschappelijk

beminnelijk

zacht

zoet

bekoorlijk

Synoniemen

friendly

kind

gently

tenderly

benevolent

cordial

amicable

charitable

softly

nicely

please

generous

benign

affectionately

good-hearted

politely

affable

welcoming

gentle

good

👍

mild

amiable

benignant

complaisant

soft

affably

pleasant

sympathetic

nice

accommodatingly

amiably

large-hearted

gracious

kind-hearted

tender

genially

warmheartedly

complacently

approvingly

sweet

pitying

smoothly

charitably

neighbourly

obliging

favorably

fair

merciful

mildly

openhearted

Vertalingen

gentiment

gentilmente

freundlich

aimablement

nett

entgegenkommend

amablemente

bondadoso

αγαθός

amable

umgänglich

amável

leutselig

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈkaɪndli/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: kyndely

Overgenomen van Oudengels: cyndelīċ

Overgenomen van Middelengels: kyndly

Overgenomen van Oudengels: ġecyndelīċe

In summary

From Middle English kyndely, kyndeliche, from Old English cyndelīċ (“natural, kindly”); equivalent to kind + -ly.