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kindliness

[kahynd-lee-nis]

noun

  1. the state or quality of being kindly; benevolence.

  2. a kindly deed.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of kindliness1

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; kindly, -ness
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She delivers a vocally expressive performance and gives the digitally recreated face the necessary intelligence, wit and kindliness.

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“Fun and games in pestilence/We could use, use some kindly kindliness,” he sings in “Tag,” adding, “Still shake your fist/A kind of gritted bliss.”

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Increasing years had added more grease to his bulk, more flesh to his paunch; they had not sweetened his nature or endowed him with more kindliness.

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A Massachusetts judge ruled that Adelson, while “perhaps lacking paternal kindliness,” had not defrauded or misled his sons.

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“I want nothing from you; I ask nothing of you,” Fred persists, all kindliness.

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