different between kindly vs tolerant

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)

1. Having a kind personality; kind, warmhearted, sympathetic.

   • The shade by which my life was crossed […] has made me kindly with my kind.

2. (dated) Favourable, gentle, pleasant, tidy, auspicious, beneficent.
3. (archaic) Lawful.
4. (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)

1. In a kind manner, out of kindness.
2. In a favourable way.
3. Used to make a polite request: please.
4. (US) With kind acceptance; used with take.

5. (dialectal) Kind of, somewhat.
6. (archaic) Readily.
7. (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).

English

Etymology

From Old French tolerant, from Latin tolerans, present participle of toler? (“endure”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t?l???nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?t??l???nt/

Adjective

tolerant (comparative more tolerant, superlative most tolerant)

1. tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something

2. tending to withstand or survive

   These plants are tolerant of drought and sunlight.

Antonyms

• intolerant

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• tolerant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• tolerant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• tolerant at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Tarleton

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin tolerans.

Adjective

tolerant (masculine and feminine plural tolerants)

1. tolerant

   Antonym: intolerant

Related terms

• tolerància
• tolerar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

tolerant

1. present participle of tolerar

Further reading

• “tolerant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tolerant” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “tolerant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tolerant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

tolerant (comparative toleranter, superlative tolerantst)

1. tolerant

Inflection

Related terms

• tolerantie
• tolereren

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: toleran

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tol???ant/
• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

tolerant (comparative toleranter, superlative am tolerantesten)

1. tolerant

Declension

Further reading

• “tolerant” in Duden online

Latin

Verb

tolerant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of toler?  "they bear, they endure, they tolerate"

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French tolérant

Adjective

tolerant (neuter singular tolerant, definite singular and plural tolerante)

1. tolerant

References

• “tolerant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French tolérant

Adjective

tolerant (neuter singular tolerant, definite singular and plural tolerante)

1. tolerant

References

• “tolerant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French tolérant.

Adjective

tolerant m or n (feminine singular tolerant?, masculine plural toleran?i, feminine and neuter plural tolerante)

1. tolerant

Declension

Related terms

• toleran??

Swedish

Adjective

tolerant (comparative tolerantare, superlative tolerantast)

1. tolerant

Declension

Antonyms

• intolerant

Related terms

• tolerans

References

• tolerant in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tolerant in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tolerant in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)