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Kindliness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of feeling kindly towards someone or something, or the actions inspired thereby. countable, uncountable

    "Elmo looked upon his only granddaughter with kindliness, and often relented to her demands for chocolate."

  2. 2
    friendliness evidence by a kindly and helpful disposition wordnet
  3. 3
    Favourableness; mildness. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "To the end that Kindliness of Nature may endure, chafing with Oyl in a moderate Quantity and Quality is very good for Men of decrepit Age, and for those that are growing Old."

  4. 4
    Naturalness. countable, obsolete, uncountable

Etymology

From kindly + -ness.

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