- kindly (adj.)
[kindly 词源字典]
- early 14c., from Old English gecyndelic "natural, innate; suitable, lawful;" see kind (adj.) + -ly (1). Related: Kindliness.[kindly etymology, kindly origin, 英语词源]
- kindly (adv.)
- "with kind feelings," Old English gecyndelice; see kind (adj.) -ly (2).