Amicable vs Kindly - What's the difference?
amicable | kindly | Synonyms |
Showing friendliness or goodwill.
Having a kind personality.
* Tennyson
(obsolete) Favourable; gentle; auspicious; beneficent.
* Alexander Pope
* Wordsworth
(obsolete) natural
* Book of Common Prayer
* Spenser
* L. Andrews
In a kind manner, out of kindness.
* 1900 , L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
in a favourable way.
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Please; (used to make a polite request).
(US) With kind acceptance; .
Amicable is a synonym of kindly.
As adjectives the difference between amicable and kindly
is that amicable is showing friendliness or goodwill while kindly is having a kind personality.As an adverb kindly is
in a kind manner, out of kindness.amicable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- They hoped to reach an amicable agreement.
- He was an amicable fellow with an easy smile.
Usage notes
Amicable is particularly used of relationships or agreements (especially legal proceedings, such as divorce), with meaning ranging from simply “not quarrelsome, mutually consenting” to “quite friendly”. By contrast, the similar term amiable is especially used to mean “pleasant, lovable”, such as an “amiable smile”.The Penguin Wordmaster Dictionary,'' Martin Manser and Nigel Turton, eds., 1987, cited in “Wordmaster: amiable, amicable]”, ''[http://itsmypulp.wordpress.com/ all songs lead back t' the sea],23 Oct 2009, by [http://itsmypulp.wordpress.com/author/itsmypulp/ NTWrong
Derived terms
* amicability * amicableness * amicable number * amicablyReferences
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English
Adjective
(er)- A kindly old man sits on the park bench every afternoon feeding pigeons.
- The shade by which my life was crossed has made me kindly with my kind.
- In soft silence shed the kindly shower.
- should e'er a kindlier time ensue
- the kindly fruits of the earth
- an herd of bulls whom kindly rage doth sting
- 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.
Adverb
(en adverb)- He kindly offered to take us to the station in his car.
- She was both beautiful and young to their eyes. Her hair was a rich red in color and fell in flowing ringlets over her shoulders. Her dress was pure white but her eyes were blue, and they looked kindly upon the little girl.
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- Kindly refrain from walking on the grass.
- Kindly move your car out of the front yard.
- I don't take kindly to threats.
- Aunt Daisy didn't take it kindly when we forgot her anniversary.