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adverb

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Recent Examples of kindly
Adjective
The kindly matriarch wins over Amélie by feeding her white chocolate, and thus a first human connection is made. Peter Debruge, Variety, 5 July 2025 Dave, a former firefighter, needs the help, because there are two serial arsonists — called the Divide & Conquer arsonist and the Milk Jug arsonist — active in the city, and his kindly boss, Greg Kinnear‘s Harvey Englehart, is getting impatient. Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 26 June 2025
Adverb
During the Los Angeles fires, Kravitz revealed that Swift kindly offered her and her mom Lisa Bonet a place to stay, which led to an interesting encounter involving her mom’s pet snake. Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025 Even after the Freemans adopted him and set his life straight, earning a scholarship to Utah and a first-round bid to Denver, the NFL didn’t treat Bolles kindly. Luca Evans, Denver Post, 17 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for kindly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kindly
Adjective
  • There's fanfare and unique vendors at every corner, so embrace the journey and be kind to others while shopping, both vendors and other shoppers.
    Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Continuing the Scandinavian stereotype, the Finnish community is similarly kind and welcoming to visitors.
    Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The Tennessean's Student of the Week is all about helpful upperclassmen this week.
    Gabrielle Chenault, Nashville Tennessean, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Granovetter found that a person’s casual or loose connections (weak ties) are more helpful than their strong ties.
    Carmine Gallo, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Parker supplies a ready solution that nicely dovetails with Kennedy’s hostility toward vaccines, and pharmaceutical interventions against disease in general.
    Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Blunt could emerge as a strong supporting actress contender, in a category that hasn’t presented a standout frontrunner yet, and could pair nicely with Johnson’s big run.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Aston Villa, on the other hand, had a pretty flat summer, albeit redeemed by what looks like an excellent deal for Harvey Elliott on deadline day.
    The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Though his interests were that of a pretty typical child — computing and gaming, playing the saxophone, enjoying soccer and time with his pets — he was also known for his acts of kindness and generosity.
    Lauren Costantino September 6, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In all of those cases, the patients had run out of other options, and the organs were transplanted not through a standard clinical trial, but under special rules that permit compassionate use of experimental therapies for people in especially dire situations.
    Nadia Kounang, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Pure techno-solutionism falls short; building compassionate, regenerative AI demands philosophical and ethical rigor alongside technical excellence.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • During sleep, heart rate and blood pressure drop too, which is beneficial for the little vessels in your brain.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Foliage color can vary between individual trees, which is why planting–and shopping–in fall is beneficial.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Technology leaders who approach implementation thoughtfully—balancing innovation with security, efficiency with control and investment with ROI—will position themselves at the forefront of financial services evolution.
    Dave Glaser, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • When asking questions is seen as challenging authority instead of engaging thoughtfully, that’s a culture built on control, not growth.
    Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • In short, The Paper doesn’t quite escape the shadow of its big brother, but that’s just fine with us.
    Michael M. Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • But then Belly scraps her Parisian plans and pledges her young life to Jeremiah, a rising super senior at Finch majoring in getting high and going to Cabo (which, quite honestly, is more age-appropriate than a wedding).
    Vogue, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Kindly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kindly. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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