kindly
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Not to worry, a kindly male neighbor assures Adam — her maternal urges will kick right in after the babies are born.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
The court heard how Lee's mother Anne was devoted to her son and that he was known kindly as a mummy's boy who loved living in the family home.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
But Jane, who enters her office to an oil painting of her father, smiling kindly in a maroon armchair, is confident that Sol would have wanted his holdings intact for generations to come.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Romo added: “As I turn my attention to my health, my family, and, in time, my return to CBS, I kindly ask for privacy during this period.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
“Chief Powhatan will treat you kindly, but do not trust him,” he says.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
In theory — or in a kindlier, alternative universe — exercise would aid substantially in weight loss.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2021
“Bonobos have evolved in a forest that is kindlier in its food supply, and that allows them to be kindly, too,” Wrangham and Peterson write.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 13, 2019
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., opened the House prayer asking at "a time fraught with tribalism at home and turbulence abroad" that lawmakers "become the architects of a kindlier nation."
From Fox News ● Jan. 3, 2019
Stockton says she wouldn’t have felt any kindlier toward the ACS if the mailings had omitted the warning.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 28, 2015
“It's all right, I guess, Sonny,” she said in a kindlier tone.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
Decades of retelling this story means "kindliest" has now turned into "friendliest".
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026
It’s also the band’s noisiest album — and perhaps its kindliest.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2024
So I completely get why Larry David would lay hands on the world’s kindliest Muppet on live TV.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2024
Boldest of all is the brief appearance of Richard O’Rourke as Ronald Paquin, a retired priest, who answers the door to Pfeiffer and answers her questions with the kindliest of smiles.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 9, 2015
Finally, he leaned toward her and said in the kindliest sort of voice, “What book did you have in mind, my dear?”
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
