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kindly
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?ka?ndli/
Etymology 1
From Middle English kyndely, kyndeliche, from Old English cyndel?? (“natural, kindly”); equivalent to kind +? -ly.
Adjective
kindly (comparative kindlier, superlative kindliest)
- Having a kind personality; kind, warmhearted, sympathetic.
- The shade by which my life was crossed […] has made me kindly with my kind.
- (dated) Favourable, gentle, pleasant, tidy, auspicious, beneficent.
- (archaic) Lawful.
- (obsolete) Natural; inherent to the kind or race.
- the kindly fruits of the earth
- November 5, 1609, Lancelot Andrewes, A Sermon Preached before the King's Majesty at Whitehall
- Whatsoever as the Son of God he may do, it is kindly for Him as the Son of Man to save the sons of men.
Derived terms
- kindlily
- kindliness
- kindly tenant
- unkindly
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English kyndly, kyndely, kyndeliche, kundeliche, from Old English ?ecyndel??e, equivalent to kind +? -ly.
Adverb
kindly (comparative more kindly, superlative most kindly)
- In a kind manner, out of kindness.
- In a favourable way.
- Used to make a polite request: please.
- (US) With kind acceptance; used with take.
- (dialectal) Kind of, somewhat.
- (archaic) Readily.
- (obsolete) Naturally.
Usage notes
- (please): Kindly is used in a slightly more peremptory way than please. It is generally used to introduce a request with which the person addressed is expected to comply, and takes the edge off what would otherwise be a command.
- (with kind acceptance): This sense is a negative polarity item; it is usually found in questions and negative statements, as in the above example sentences.
Synonyms
- (in a kind manner): thoughtfully
- (used to make polite requests): be so kind as to, please
Derived terms
- take kindly
Translations
Further reading
- “kindly”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
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obedient
English
Etymology
From Middle English obedient, from Old French obedient, from Latin oboedi?ns, present active participle of oboedi? (“obey”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??bi?d??nt/, /???bi?d??nt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??bidi?nt/, /o??bidi?nt/
- Hyphenation: obe?di?ent
Adjective
obedient (comparative more obedient, superlative most obedient)
- Willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority.
Synonyms
- hearsome
- dutiful
Antonyms
- disobedient
- dominant
Related terms
- obedience
- obey
Translations
Noun
obedient (plural obedients)
- One who obeys.
- 2002, John Michael Doris, Lack of Character: Personality and Moral Behavior (page 48)
- Damn the obedients and hail the defiants if you will; the experiment does not motivate confidence about how particular subjects would behave in markedly dissimilar situations.
- 2002, John Michael Doris, Lack of Character: Personality and Moral Behavior (page 48)
Further reading
- obedient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- obedient in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin oboedi?ns, present active participle of oboedi? (“obey”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /o.b?.di?ent/
- (Central) IPA(key): /u.b?.di?en/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /o.be.di?ent/
Adjective
obedient (masculine and feminine plural obedients)
- obedient
- Antonym: desobedient
Derived terms
- obedientment
Related terms
- obediència
- obeir
Further reading
- “obedient” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Latin
Verb
ob?dient
- third-person plural future active indicative of ob?di?
Old French
Etymology
From Latin oboedi?ns, present active participle of oboedi? (“obey”).
Adjective
obedient m (oblique and nominative feminine singular obedient or obediente)
- obedient
Declension
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