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kindliness

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kind·li·ness  (kndl-ns)
n.
1. The quality or state of being kindly.
2. A kindly deed.
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Noun1.kindliness - friendliness evidence by a kindly and helpful disposition
helpfulness
friendliness - a friendly disposition
Translations
Spanish kindliness [ˈkaɪndlɪnəs] n → bondad f; amabilidad f
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He dared not do anything that would imply a stronger interest in a poor man's adopted child than could be expected from the kindliness of the young Squire, when a chance meeting suggested a little present to a simple old fellow whom others noticed with goodwill; but he told himself that the time would come when he might do something towards furthering the welfare of his daughter without incurring suspicion.
Silas Marner by Eliot, George View in context
And there was so much kindliness and simplicity in his singsong voice that Pierre tried to reply, but his jaw trembled and he felt tears rising to his eyes.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
No one-sided portrait, --no wholesale complaints,--but strict justice done, whenever individual kindliness has neutralized, for a moment, the deadly system with which it was strangely allied.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave by Douglass, Frederick View in context
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