Kindly — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity

pleasant and agreeable

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈaɪndli/

🇬🇧British English

/kˈaɪndli/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kˈaɪndli/

2 syllables Say it as /kˈaɪndli/.

Examples

was charitable in his opinions of others
kindly criticism
a kindly act

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

openhearted charitable sympathetic good-hearted large-hearted benevolent

Antonyms

unkindly

Parts of Speech

adjective	showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity “was charitable in his opinions of others”
adjective	pleasant and agreeable “a kindly climate”
adverb	in a kind manner or out of kindness “He spoke kindly to the boy”

Word Forms

charitableness	noun	generosity as manifested by practicing charity (as for the poor or unfortunate)
kindliness	noun	friendliness evidence by a kindly and helpful disposition

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

freundlich

zeigen oder motiviert durch Sympathie, Verständnis und Großzügigkeit

🇫🇷French

gentiment

montrant ou motivé par la sympathie, la compréhension et la générosité

🇪🇸Spanish

amable

mostrando o motivado por simpatía, comprensión y generosidad

🇮🇹Italian

gentilmente

mostrando o motivato da simpatia, comprensione e generosità

🇳🇱Dutch

vriendelijk

tonen of gemotiveerd worden door sympathie, begrip en vrijgevigheid

🇵🇹Portuguese

gentilmente

mostrando ou motivado por simpatia, compreensão e generosidade

🇷🇺Russian

любезно

проявляя или мотивируя сочувствие, понимание и щедрость

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कृपया

सहानुभूति, समझ और उदारता दिखाना या प्रेरित होना

🇧🇩Bengali

সদয়

সহানুভূতি এবং বোঝাপড়া এবং উদারতা দ্বারা দেখানো বা অনুপ্রাণিত করা

🇮🇳Tamil

அன்புடன்

அனுதாபம் மற்றும் புரிதல் மற்றும் தாராள மனப்பான்மை ஆகியவற்றால் காட்டுதல் அல்லது தூண்டுதல்

🇮🇳Telugu

దయతో

సానుభూతి మరియు అవగాహన మరియు దాతృత్వం ద్వారా చూపడం లేదా ప్రేరేపించడం

🇮🇳Marathi

दयाळूपणे

सहानुभूती आणि समजूतदारपणा आणि औदार्य दर्शविणे किंवा प्रेरित करणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

માયાળુ

સહાનુભૂતિ અને સમજણ અને ઉદારતા દર્શાવે છે અથવા પ્રેરિત છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ದಯೆಯಿಂದ

ಸಹಾನುಭೂತಿ ಮತ್ತು ತಿಳುವಳಿಕೆ ಮತ್ತು ಔದಾರ್ಯದಿಂದ ತೋರಿಸುವುದು ಅಥವಾ ಪ್ರೇರೇಪಿಸುವುದು

🇮🇳Malayalam

ദയയോടെ

സഹതാപവും ധാരണയും ഔദാര്യവും കാണിക്കുകയോ പ്രചോദിപ്പിക്കുകയോ ചെയ്യുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ

ਹਮਦਰਦੀ ਅਤੇ ਸਮਝ ਅਤੇ ਉਦਾਰਤਾ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਦਰਸਾਉਣਾ ਜਾਂ ਪ੍ਰੇਰਿਤ ਕਰਨਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

مہربانی سے

ہمدردی اور افہام و تفہیم اور سخاوت سے ظاہر یا حوصلہ افزائی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

亲切地

表现出或出于同情、理解和慷慨

🇯🇵Japanese

親切に

同情、理解、寛大さを示す、またはそれによって動機付けられる

🇰🇷Korean

친절한

동정심과 이해심, 관대함을 보여주거나 동기를 부여하는 것

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tử tế

thể hiện hoặc được thúc đẩy bởi sự cảm thông, hiểu biết và rộng lượng

🇹🇭Thai

กรุณา

การแสดงหรือแรงบันดาลใจจากความเห็นอกเห็นใจและความเข้าใจและความเอื้ออาทร

🇮🇩Indonesian

baik

menunjukkan atau dimotivasi oleh simpati dan pengertian serta kemurahan hati

🇵🇭Filipino

mabait

pagpapakita o motibasyon ng pakikiramay at pag-unawa at pagkabukas-palad

🇲🇾Malay

dengan baik hati

menunjukkan atau didorong oleh simpati dan pemahaman dan kemurahan hati

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

بلطف

إظهار أو تحفيز التعاطف والتفاهم والكرم

🇮🇷Persian

با مهربانی

نشان دادن یا با انگیزه همدردی و درک و سخاوت

🇹🇷Turkish

nazikçe

sempati, anlayış ve cömertlik göstermek veya bunlarla motive olmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

אָדִיב

מראה או מוטיבציה על ידי אהדה והבנה ונדיבות

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