\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.

\Kind"ly\, adv.
1. Naturally; fitly. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
         Examine how kindly the Hebrew manners of speech mix
         and incorporate with the English language --Addison.
2. In a kind manner; congenially; with good will; with a
   disposition to make others happy, or to oblige.
         Be kindly affectioned one to another, with brotherly
         love.                                 --Rom. xii.
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