kindful
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English kindeful, kyndeful, equivalent to kind + -ful.
Adjective[edit]
kindful (comparative more kindful, superlative most kindful)
- (obsolete) Natural.
- (UK dialectal) Of, relating to, or denoting a specified kind or sort; kindly.
- 1830, Robert Forby, The vocabulary of East Anglia:
- "Men and women, horses and asses, sheep and oxen, and all kindiful things"
- Of natural disposition or affections; kind.
- 1856, Wesleyan Methodist missionary society, The Wesleyan juvenile offering:
- The lady who was then in charge of the school, manifested a kindful feeling towards her, and imparted the best [...]