kindly

The word “kindly” has 2 syllables: kind-ly

It's pronounced as /ˈkaɪndli/

What is synonym and antonym for kindly?

In the thesaurus, “kindly” has 180 synonyms and 111 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for kindly along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for kindly

a bit
a little
a mite
a tad
a touch
acceptably
advantageous
advisable
affable
affectionately
after a sort
agreeably
altruistic
ameliorative
amelioratory
amicable
anticruelty
attentive
auspicious
benefic
beneficent
beneficial
benevolent
benevolently
benign
benignant
benignly
bettering
brotherly
carefully
charitable
charitably
chivalrously
clement
companionable
compassionate
compassionately
comradely
considerate
considerately
constructive
cool
cordial
cordially
courteously
cruelty-free
decently
decorously
deferentially
delicately
desirable
discreetly
enough
excusably
fairly
favorable
forbearing
forgiving
freehanded
friendly
gainful
gallantly
generous
generously
genial
genially
gentle
good
good-hearted
good-natured
good-naturedly
good-tempered
gracious
graciously
gratifying
greathearted
half
halfway
healthful
healthy
hearty
heedfully
helpful
helpfully
humane
humanely
humanitarian
incompletely
judiciously
justifiably
kind
kind of
kindhearted
kindheartedly
lenient
liberal
like
little
lucrative
magnanimous
mellow
merciful
mild
moderately
more or less
munificent
negligibly
neighborly
nice
nicely
noble
nominally
of a sort
of sorts
openhearted
part
partially
partly
partway
passably
patient
philanthropic
philanthropical
pitying
pleasant
pleasantly
polite
politely
pretty
profitable
promising
propitious
prudently
quite
rather
reasonably
relatively
remunerative
respectfully
rewarding
salubrious
salutary
salutiferous
satisfying
selfless
sensibly
slightly
sociable
soft
softhearted
solicitous
solicitously
something
somewhat
sort of
supportive
sweet
sweetly
sympathetic
sympathetically
tender
tenderhearted
tenderly
thoughtful
thoughtfully
to a degree
tolerably
tolerant
tolerantly
understanding
understandingly
unselfish
unsparing
vaguely
validly
warm
warmhearted
well
wholesome
wisely

Antonyms for kindly

antihumanitarian
atrocious
awfully
bad
barbaric
barbarous
beastly
bestial
brutal
brute
brutish
callous
cold
cold-blooded
considerably
contemptuously
cruel
cruelly
damaging
deadly
deleterious
disadvantageous
disagreeable
disagreeably
discourteously
disdainfully
disrespectfully
especially
exceeding
exceedingly
exceptionally
extensively
extremely
fiendish
frightfully
greatly
grim
hard-boiled
hard-hearted
harmful
harsh
hateful
heartless
heartlessly
heavily
heavy-handed
heedless
highly
hugely
impolitely
inattentive
inconsiderate
inconsiderately
inhuman
inhumane
injurious
insalubrious
insensate
insensitive
ironhearted
malevolent
malicious
malign
malignant
mean
merciless
mightily
mortally
nastily
nasty
particularly
pitiless
rude
rudely
ruthless
sadistic
savage
scornfully
severe
shabbily
significantly
snootily
spiteful
stern
stonyhearted
substantially
surpassingly
terribly
thoughtless
thoughtlessly
tough
truculent
uncaring
uncharitable
uncompassionate
unfairly
unfavorable
unfeeling
unfriendly
unhelpful
unkind
unkindly
unprofitable
unsentimental
unsympathetic
unthinking
very
vicious
viciously
virulent
wanton

Meanings of kindly

adjective
1. Having a kind personality; kind, warmhearted, sympathetic.
2. Favourable, gentle, pleasant, tidy, auspicious, beneficent.
3. Lawful.
4. Natural; inherent to the kind or race.
adverb
1. In a kind manner, out of kindness.
2. In a favourable way.
3. Used to make a polite request: please.
4. With kind acceptance; used with take.
5. Kind of, somewhat.
6. Readily.
7. Naturally.

Example Sentences

She kindly offered her help to the elderly woman crossing the street.
The teacher kindly explained the lesson to the confused student.
He smiled kindly at the children playing in the park.
Would you kindly pass me the salt?
The waiter kindly brought our drinks to the table without us asking.

On this page you'll find 291 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to kindly, such as: a bit, a little, a mite, a tad, a touch, acceptably, advantageous.

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