Read full poem →Long delicate has been;
By arts and kindliness
Coloured, sweetened, and warmed
Dictionary Entry
The state of feeling kindly towards someone or something, or the actions inspired thereby.
In a Sentence
“Elmo looked upon his only granddaughter with kindliness, and often relented to her demands for chocolate.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
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Antonyms
Poetry examples for “kindliness”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →that end came to him, when on a visit with his friend Crabbe, with all
the kindliness of sudden death, on the 14th June, 1883.
Read full poem →description of his last wife, whose happy nature and universal
kindliness were a perpetual affront to his exacting
self-predominance, and whose suppression, by his command,
Read full poem →It was great wrong you did me; and for gain
Of that poor moment’s kindliness, and ease,
And sleepy mother-comfort!
Read full poem →In the chance swaying of your dress;
And love has changed to kindliness.
Read full poem →It was great wrong you did me; and for gain
Of that poor moment's kindliness, and ease,
And sleepy mother-comfort!
Read full poem →When love has changed to kindliness --
Oh, love, our hungry lips, that press
Read full poem →A sorry jest, “When love has grown
To kindliness—to kindliness!” . . .
And yet—the best that either’s known