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Kindliness and sympathy, fellowship and understanding, are always good, but best when they come from a distant corner of the world.
Archibald Hill

Meaning of "kindliness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF KINDLINESS

kindliness  [ˈkaɪndlɪnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KINDLINESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Kindliness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES KINDLINESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of kindliness in the English dictionary

The definition of kindliness in the dictionary is a sympathetic and warm-hearted quality.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KINDLINESS


comeliness
ˈkʌmlɪnɪs
dastardliness
ˈdæstədlɪnɪs
deadliness
ˈdedlɪnɪs
friendliness
ˈfrɛndlɪnɪs
godliness
ˈɡɒdlɪnɪs
holiness
ˈhəʊlɪnɪs
lordliness
ˈlɔːdlɪnɪs
loveliness
ˈlʌvlɪnɪs
niggardliness
ˈnɪɡədlɪnɪs
otherworldliness
ˌʌðəˈwɜːldlɪnɪs
silliness
ˈsɪlɪnɪs
sluggardliness
ˈslʌɡədlɪnɪs
timeliness
ˈtaɪmlɪnɪs
ugliness
ˈʌɡlɪnɪs
unfriendliness
ʌnˈfrendlɪnɪs
ungodliness
ʌnˈɡɒdlɪnɪs
untowardliness
ˌʌntəˈwɔːdlɪnɪs
unwieldliness
ʌnˈwiːldlɪnɪs
user-friendliness
ˌjuːzəˈfrendlɪnɪs
worldliness
ˈwɜːldlɪnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KINDLINESS

kinder
kindergarten
kindergartener
kinderspiel
kindie
kindle
kindler
kindless
kindlessly
kindlier
kindliest
kindlily
kindling
kindly
kindness
kindred
kindred spirit
kindredness
kindredship
kindy

WORDS THAT END LIKE KINDLINESS

agribusiness
big business
bulkiness
business
cleanliness
cleanliness is next to godliness
core business
craziness
dizziness
do the business
e-business
emptiness
family business
fitness
happiness
laziness
loneliness
readiness
rough-and-readiness
show business
trustworthiness

Synonyms and antonyms of kindliness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «KINDLINESS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «kindliness» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of kindliness

Translation of «kindliness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KINDLINESS

Find out the translation of kindliness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of kindliness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «kindliness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

善良
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

kindliness
570 millions of speakers

English

kindliness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नेकी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عطف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

радушие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

kindliness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সহৃদয়তা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bonté
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Baik hati
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Freundlichkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

温情
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

kindliness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kindliness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không gợi cam
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

kindliness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रेमळपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

lütuf
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gentilezza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

życzliwość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

привітність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bunătate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

kindliness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

goedheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kindliness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vennlighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of kindliness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KINDLINESS»

The term «kindliness» is regularly used and occupies the 96.904 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KINDLINESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «kindliness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «kindliness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about kindliness

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3 QUOTES WITH «KINDLINESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word kindliness.
1
Rupert Brooke
The cool kindliness of sheets, that soon smooth away trouble; and the rough male kiss of blankets.
2
Archibald Hill
Kindliness and sympathy, fellowship and understanding, are always good, but best when they come from a distant corner of the world.
3
Haniel Long
The most frightening pages of history are those which reveal how easily conditions making a desert of the human spirit may come into existence, with the oozings away of incentive and kindliness in our natural social structure.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KINDLINESS»

Discover the use of kindliness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to kindliness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Kinds and Kindliness of Co-Operation. Interdenominational ...
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Anthony Alfred Williams, 2009
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The Eudemian Ethics of Aristotle
The first, kindliness, can only exist, as Aristotle explains, in the friendship of character. The utility and pleasure that the other two friendships are based on have features that, as such, are incompatible with kindliness. Such friends could, no ...
‎2013
3
The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke:
When love has changed to kindliness — Oh, love, our hungry lips, that press So tight that Time's an old god's dream Nodding in heaven, and whisper stuff Seven million years werenot enough To think on after, makeit seem Less than the ...
Rupert Brooke, 2014
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Delphi Complete Works of Rupert Brooke (Illustrated)
WHEN love has changed to kindliness — Oh, love, our hungry lips, that press So tight that Time's an old god's dream Nodding in heaven, and whisper stuff Seven million years were notenough 5 To think on after, make itseem Less than the ...
Rupert Brooke, 2013
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Kinds and Kindliness of Co-Operation. Interdenominational ...
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Anthony Alfred Williams 1860-1939, 2013
6
Aristotle: Rhetoric II
II. 1. 2. 85a 17-19 3. 85a 19-25 (a) 85a 19-21 (b) 85a 21-25 Development: 85a 25 -29 III . Conclusion: 85a 29-33 IV . Unkindliness: 85a 34 - 85b 10 introduction to, and triple division of, kindliness definition explanation of definition when ...
William M. A. Grimaldi, 1988
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Proceedings: Seventeenth Annual Convention of Rotary ...
These were followed by a deluge of answers which included "trustworthiness," " loyalty" and several others. Then a woman in the Overseas Delegates' section ventured saying "kindliness." Then Rotarian Van Amburgh continued his speech by ...
Rotary International
8
Psychology Books Part - 1:
Kindliness of heart is not the greatest of human qualities—and its general effect on the progress of the world is not entirely beneficent—but it is the greatest of human qualities in friendship. It is the least dispensable quality. Wecome back toit ...
Publishthis, 2013
9
Language, Ontology, and Political Philosophy in China: Wang ...
As an example, the transition from kindliness to righteousness may be quoted. It is a fine specimen of Wang Bi's transformation of the Laozi from a text of philosophic statements into a text of philosophic arguments: Thus there will be one who ...
Rudolf G. Wagner, 2003
10
Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus
kindliness. activate, spark off; literary waken, enkindle. kindliness noun we were grateful for his kindliness: kindness, benevolence, warmth, gentleness, tenderness, care, humanity, sympathy, compassion, understanding; generosity, charity, ...
‎2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KINDLINESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term kindliness is used in the context of the following news items.
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A pitman's son's memories of British rule in India
“But we had been told 'try to be kindly to these people, because we may never know when we might need that same kindliness from them'.”. «Shields Gazette, Jul 15»
2
Turning the heat on the Cold War
... with his wife, Marian drifts into marriage with Alan Walcott, an ex-pilot, whose initial kindliness curdles into an infuriatingly plodding decency. «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
3
Review: In 'The Weir,' Things Go Bump in the Night, at the Pub
As this mildly cocky man, Mr. Gormley preens in a lively register but also underscores the kindliness that underlies Finbar's outgoing nature, ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
4
Dave Grohl at 46: a back-aching, coffee-guzzling, minivan-driving …
... airport — and the Internet abounds with stories gushing about his kindliness. ("Dave Grohl Stops Foo Fighters Show to Give Gift to Blind Fan. «Kane County Chronicle, Jul 15»
5
Dave Grohl at 46: Back-aching, coffee-guzzling, minivan-driving …
... airport – and the Internet abounds with stories gushing about his kindliness. (“Dave Grohl Stops Foo Fighters Show to Give Gift to Blind Fan. «DeKalb Daily Chronicle, Jul 15»
6
Hunt launches the Hunt 80
The yacht features the signature Hunt Deep-V hull and a moderate beam to enhance the vessel's speed and sea-kindliness in offshore ... «Superyacht Times, Jun 15»
7
'The Rising'
An irrepressible buoyancy, a vivacious spirit, a kindliness and tolerance for the common frailties of man.” All of these combine to make it all the ... «The Georgetown Dish, Jun 15»
8
The Gay Pride House is Obama's house
... the true meaning of the Confederate flag, at a difficult time such as this, to exhibit kindliness toward the ongoing effects of America's “original ... «American Thinker, Jun 15»
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Dave Grohl at 46: back-aching, coffee-guzzling, minivan-driving rocker
... airport — and the Internet abounds with stories gushing about his kindliness. (”Dave Grohl Stops Foo Fighters Show to Give Gift to Blind Fan. «The News Journal, Jun 15»
10
Best or Worst Place to Practice -- It's Not Just About the Money
... the breathtaking beauty, and the hospitality and kindliness of the people I've met. One of the highlights of my job at ACP is to visit physicians ... «MedPage Today, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Kindliness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/kindliness>. May 2024 ».
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