1 in a kind way:
She spoke kindly to them. * He has kindly agreed to help.
2 (old-fashioned, formal) used to ask or tell sb to do sth, especially when you are annoyed:
Kindly leave me alone! * Visitors are kindly requested to sign the book.
IDIOMS
not take kindly to sth/sb to not like sth/sb:
She doesn't take kindly to sudden change.
look kindly on / upon sth/sb (formal) to approve of sth/sb:
He hoped they would look kindly on his request.
adjective [onlybeforenoun] (old-fashioned or literary) kind and caring
kindliness noun [U]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for kindly is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is kindly a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, kindly is tagged as adverb.
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