Kindly and Unkind

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Kindly

Kindly adjective - Having or marked by sympathy and consideration for others.
Usage example: brought homemade chicken soup out of kindly concern for my health
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Unkind is an antonym for kindly in compassionate topic.
Nearby Words: kind, kindness, kindliness

Unkind

Unkind adjective - Lacking kindness.
Usage example: a thoughtless and unkind remark
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Kindly is an antonym for unkind.
Nearby Word: unkindly
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  • Aethyta does not take kindly to unkind remarks about her adoptive son Grunt, or being called his "nanny." Admiral Xen gets very pissed if anyone suggests that she and Shepard are not meant to be, and she utterly loses it when she's turned down and called to account by Shepard himself.
    Source: Fanfic / Project Gethinator
  • It's for the same reason the Furies of Classical Mythology were called "the Kindly Ones"—because calling them an unkind name is a good way to bring down their wrath upon your head.
    Source: Analysis / The Fair Folk
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