[adverb]"Please don't cry," he said kindly.Stella has very kindly offered to help out with the food for the party."Kindly" is used when asking someone to do something, usually if you are annoyed with them but still want to be polite.Kindly put that book away!You are kindly requested to leave the building.If you do not take kindly to something, you do not like it.After years of being looked after by his mother, Bill did not take kindly to having to cook for himself. [T]
KINDLY
Meaning of KINDLY in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012