kindlily

English

Etymology

kindly +‎ -ly

Adverb

kindlily (comparative more kindlily, superlative most kindlily)

1. In a kindly manner.
   • 1859, John Edmund Reade, Wait and hope:

     He is also irritated in vain ; for, whenever did prohibition fall kindlily on the young author's ear? — how then could it be made grateful to the old ?