| 单词 | kindly |
| 释义 | kind·ly I. 1. a. obsolete < the earth shall sooner leave her kindly skill to bring forth fruit — Edmund Spenser > b. archaic < their kindly possessions which … their predecessors and they had kept — John Spalding > < he must be a genuine or kindly son — W.E.Hearn > 2. < kindly climate > < the soil is kindly to my feet — K.M.Dodson > < a kindly half century — Sinclair Lewis > < two of these periods … were most kindly toward his profession of architect — Times Literary Supplement > 3. 4. a. < was greatly pleased and for that day … more kindly with her — Pearl Buck > < benefited greatly from their charity and kindly interest in him — Raymond Holden > < homespun, kindly, shrewd men whose strength resided in their neighborliness — Norman Cousins > b. < kindly look > < kindly eye > 5. Synonyms: see kind II. 1. a. < old wounds which had healed kindly — American Mercury > b. < nearing the three furlongs he … was galloping kindly — Sydney (Australia) Sunday Telegraph > — often used with take to < a wild, fleet-footed people, who did not take kindly to restraint — R.A.Billington > < unadorned styles which some audiences take to more kindly than to … polished grace — Robert Bendiner > 2. a. < treats his horse kindly and never uses spurs > < the foundation is not looking kindly upon requests for grants > b. < takes criticism kindly > < would take it kindly if you put in a good word for the boy > c. < the party which I was kindly invited to join — Anthony Trollope > < the encipherer had kindly divided the words of his message off with commas — Fletcher Pratt > < kindly fill out the attached questionnaire > 3. chiefly South < going up the hollow was kindly like going up a big green tunnel — J.H.Stuart > |
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