kindly
/ˈkaɪndli/adjectiveadverb★Intermediate
formalinformal
Gentle, friendly, and considerate in behavior or manner.
The teacher kindly corrected the student's mistakes.
The teacher corrected the student's mistakes in a gentle and helpful way.
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Can be used as an adjective or adverb.
formalinformal
Used politely to make a request or ask for something.
Kindly send me the documents by Friday.
Please send me the documents by Friday.
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Often used in formal or professional communication.
Collocations
kindly askto request politelykindly remindto remind politelykindly noteto inform politely
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💡Pro Tip
Polite Requests
Use 'kindly' to soften requests in formal or professional settings.
📖Word Origin
From Middle English 'kinde', from Old English 'cynde' (nature), related to 'kin'. The sense of 'gentle' developed in the 14th century.
📝Usage Notes
Can be used as an adjective to describe a person's character or as an adverb to modify verbs in a polite request.
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