Kind'ly1, a.
a. [compar. KINDLIER; superl. KINDLIEST.] [See KIND, n.]
Sense 1. Belonging to the kind or species; natural; homogeneal; kindred. “An herd of bulls whom kindly rage doth sting.” Spenser.
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. Andrews.
Sense 2. Sympathetic; congenial; hence, disposed to do good to; benevolent; gracious; as, kindly affections, words, acts, and the like.
The shade by which my life was crossed, Which makes a desert in the mind, Has made me kindly with my kind. Tennyson.
Sense 3. Favorable; mild; gentle. “In soft silence shed the kindly shower.” Prior.
“Nothing ethical was connoted in kindly once: it was simply the adjective of kind. But it is God's ordinance that kind should be kindly, in our modern sense of the word as well; and thus the word has attained this meaning.” Trench.