Kind"li*ness (?), n.
1.
Natural inclination; natural course.
[Obs.]
Milton.
2.
The quality or state of being kindly; benignity; benevolence; gentleness; tenderness; as, kindliness of disposition, of treatment, or of words.
In kind a father, but not in kindliness.
Sackville.
3.
Softness; mildness; propitiousness; as, kindliness of weather, or of a season.
Fruits and corn are much advanced by temper of the air and
kindliness of seasons.
Whitlock.
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