I. adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
kindly
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The world had not treated him kindly.
not take kindly to (= reacts badly to criticism )
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She does not take kindly to criticism .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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agree
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Friends like the Post Office workers who have kindly agreed to deliver this leaflet for nothing ....
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If you would like to receive my prayer letter please contact Joyce MacPherson who has kindly agreed to distribute it for me.
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Bridget Ewing has kindly agreed to co-ordinate the tea arrangements for the October meeting.
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Edith Harlow had kindly agreed to teach in her place.
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A representative from the College of Arms had kindly agreed to come and talk about heraldry.
dispose
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He had always been kindly disposed towards his stepdaughter.
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He seemed kindly disposed , yet glum, and held himself somewhat aloof.
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The best that can be hoped for, on their behalf, is that human beings are kindly disposed towards them.
say
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She kindly said she would, but we both used a spiritual eraser to delete that particular phrase.
take
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Ken's clan didn't take kindly to that and rounded on the woman, who sought some kind of defence.
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Because they are human beings and not two-legged souvenirs, Aborigines do not take kindly to having their pictures taken.
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She took kindly to him, and he to her.
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My cats do not take kindly to strange dogs. even less to strange people.
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The whips, however, would not take kindly to a woman set among them.
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As will have appeared previously, judges do not take kindly to abbreviations in speech.
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He wouldn't take kindly to an outsider coming to interfere and poke about.
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He's not a man who takes kindly to being henpecked.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be well/favourably/kindly disposed (to/towards sb/sth)
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He said Bonn was favourably disposed to such a conference if it were well prepared.
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I think maybe she had seen the television programmes and was favourably disposed .
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It is expected that he will be favourably disposed towards the report's proposals.
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Jackson was well disposed towards journalists of left-wing sympathies.
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The best that can be hoped for, on their behalf, is that human beings are kindly disposed towards them.
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The majority were favourably disposed , some were ambivalent and a few highly critical of the messages and their style.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Jason kindly offered to give me a ride home.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Farmers began to look kindly upon them when they found they grew in a variety of conditions.
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She kindly taught me, after that, To wrestle with her on the mat.
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She took kindly to him, and he to her.
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The governess here, Miss Lambert, has kindly taught me a little.
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Was it possible that the grasping Miss P had meant the gesture kindly ?
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Would Father van Exem kindly ask the Archbishop for his permission, she enquired.
II. adjective
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■ ADVERB
more
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Carelessly dressed would perhaps be putting it more kindly .
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Yet future historians are likely to look more kindly on his achievements for his country than the present generation.
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The objection to the claim is that it is mere assertion or, more kindly , an act of faith.
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Her pity for the man she had hurt so deeply made her behave more kindly towards him than was perhaps sensible.
very
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He rang me last night, very kindly , principally I think to assure me that there could be no doubt.
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I was welcomed very kindly at my hotel.
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But the Gods were once more on my side, I took very kindly to flying instruction, but again I was lucky.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a kindly old man
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But these kindly visitors may be doing more damage than chain-saws.
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He also lifted the Challenge Cup, in 1997, thanks to a kindly gesture from Goulding.
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He had the reputation of a kindly man, much respected by those who worked for him.
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He is kindly and supportive, fatherly.
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Sands looked at him with sadness, less like a stern judge than a kindly doctor.
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They were all smiling at him, and the parents had pleasant, kindly faces.