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kindly (adj.)
early 14c., from Old English
gecyndelic
"natural, innate; suitable, lawful;" see
kind
(adj.) +
-ly
(1). Related:
Kindliness
.
kindly (adv.)
"with kind feelings," Old English
gecyndelice
; see
kind
(adj.)
-ly
(2).