kindly

Word family  noun kindness ≠ unkindness adjective kind ≠ unkind kindly adverb kindly ≠ unkindly

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++kind·ly1 /ˈkaɪndli/ ●●○ adverb  1  GENEROUSin a kind way 友善地；亲切地 SYN generouslykindly offer/agree/give etc Mr Nunn has kindly agreed to let us use his barn for the dance. 纳恩先生慷慨地允许我们借用他的谷仓举行舞会。2  not take kindly to something to be unwilling to accept a situation because it annoys you 不愿意接受某种情况 She does not take kindly to criticism. 她不乐意接受批评。3  look kindly on somebody/something to approve of someone or something 赞成某人／某事，同意某人／某事 Jimmy would probably not look too kindly on our request. 吉米可能不会同意我们的请求。4  spoken formalASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO something a word meaning ‘please’, which is often used when you are annoyed 请〔常在生气时使用〕 Will you kindly put that book back? 请你把那本书放回去好不好？

Examples from the Corpus

kindly• Was it possible that the grasping Miss P had meant the gesture kindly?• Would Father van Exem kindly ask the Archbishop for his permission, she enquired.• Jason kindly offered to give me a ride home.• The governess here, Miss Lambert, has kindly taught me a little.• She kindly taught me, after that, To wrestle with her on the mat.• She took kindly to him, and he to her.• Farmers began to look kindly upon them when they found they grew in a variety of conditions.kindly offer/agree/give etc• Luckily a good friend had managed to obtain a pair of livingstonii and very kindly gave me a young pair.• Bridget Ewing has kindly agreed to co-ordinate the tea arrangements for the October meeting.• Friends like the Post Office workers who have kindly agreed to deliver this leaflet for nothing ...• If you would like to receive my prayer letter please contact Joyce MacPherson who has kindly agreed to distribute it for me.• Following the meeting, Mr R Mulford has kindly offered to give a talk and slideshow.• Essex feel geographically rather remote from the Crystal Palace but have kindly offered to organise the 1982 event.• Like the brick she was, Trish had kindly offered to subsidize my share of the rent until I found another job.• Edith Harlow had kindly agreed to teach in her place.kindly2 adjective old-fashioned  KINDkind and caring for other people 友善的；亲切的；和蔼的；体贴的 Mrs Gardiner was a kindly old soul. 加德纳夫人是位和蔼可亲的老人。 —kindliness noun [uncountable]

Examples from the Corpus

kindly• He is kindly and supportive, fatherly.• Sands looked at him with sadness, less like a stern judge than a kindly doctor.• They were all smiling at him, and the parents had pleasant, kindly faces.• He also lifted the Challenge Cup, in 1997, thanks to a kindly gesture from Goulding.• He had the reputation of a kindly man, much respected by those who worked for him.• a kindly old man• But these kindly visitors may be doing more damage than chain-saws.

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kind‧ly¹ /ˈkaɪndli/ adverb1. in a kind way
   SYN  generously
    kindly offer/agree/give etc
    Mr Nunn has kindly agreed to let us use his barn for the dance.
2. not take kindly to something to be unwilling to accept a situation because it annoys you:
    She does not take kindly to criticism.
3. look kindly on somebody/something to approve of someone or something:
    Jimmy would probably not look too kindly on our request.
4. spoken formal a word meaning ‘please’, which is often used when you are annoyed:
    Will you kindly put that book back?

II

kindly² adjective old-fashionedkind and caring for other people:
    Mrs Gardiner was a kindly old soul.
—kindliness noun [uncountable]