kindly
- adjective (adj)
Meaning: compassionate, helpful
Synonyms:
attentive
beneficial
benevolent
benign
benignant
cool
cordial
favorable
friendly
generous
genial
gentle
good
good-hearted
good-natured
gracious
hearty
humane
kind
kindhearted
mellow
merciful
mild
neighborly
pleasant
polite
sociable
sympathetic
thoughtful
warm
- adverb (adv)
Meaning: with compassion
Synonyms:
affectionately
agreeably
benevolently
benignly
carefully
charitably
compassionately
considerately
cordially
courteously
delicately
generously
genially
good-naturedly
graciously
heedfully
helpfully
humanely
politely
solicitously
sympathetically
tenderly
thoughtfully
tolerantly
understandingly
well
Antonyms:
disagreeably
inconsiderately
unkindly
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