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English Dictionary: Kindliness by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kindliness
n
  1. friendliness evidence by a kindly and helpful disposition
    Synonym(s): kindliness, helpfulness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kindliness \Kind"li*ness\, n.
      1. Natural inclination; natural course. [Obs.] --Milton.
  
      2. The quality or state of being kindly; benignity;
            benevolence; gentleness; tenderness; as, kindliness of
            disposition, of treatment, or of words.
  
                     In kind a father, but not in kindliness.
                                                                              --Sackville.
  
      3. Softness; mildness; propitiousness; as, kindliness of
            weather, or of a season.
  
                     Fruits and corn are much advanced by temper of the
                     air and kindliness of seasons.            --Whitlock.
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