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Kindlier vs Kinder - What's the difference?

kindlier | kinder |

As adjectives the difference between kindlier and kinder

is that kindlier is comparative of kindly while kinder is comparative of kind.

As a noun kinder is

children.

kindlier

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (kindly)

    • kindly

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having a kind personality.
    • A kindly old man sits on the park bench every afternoon feeding pigeons.
  • * Tennyson
    • The shade by which my life was crossed has made me kindly with my kind.
  • (obsolete) Favourable; gentle; auspicious; beneficent.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • In soft silence shed the kindly shower.
  • * Wordsworth
    • should e'er a kindlier time ensue
  • (obsolete) natural
  • * Book of Common Prayer
    • the kindly fruits of the earth
  • * Spenser
    • an herd of bulls whom kindly rage doth sting
  • * L. Andrews
    • 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)
  • In a kind manner, out of kindness.
    • He kindly offered to take us to the station in his car.
  • * 1900 , L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
    • 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.
  • in a favourable way.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 29 , author=Neil Johnston , title=Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Aguero was quick to block Hennessey's attempted clearance and the ball bounced kindly to Dzeko, who had the simplest of tasks to put City ahead.}}
  • Please; (used to make a polite request).
    • Kindly refrain from walking on the grass.
    Kindly move your car out of the front yard.
  • (US) With kind acceptance; .
    • I don't take kindly to threats.
    Aunt Daisy didn't take it kindly when we forgot her anniversary.

    Usage notes

    * (please) Kindly is used in a slightly more peremptory way than please. It is generally used to introduce a request with which the person addressed is expected to comply, and takes the edge off what would otherwise be a command. * (with kind acceptance) This sense is a ; it is usually found in questions and negative statements, as in the above example sentences.

    Synonyms

    * (in a kind manner) thoughtfully * (used to make polite requests) be so kind as to, please

    kinder

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (kind)
    • My friends are kinder than teachers

    Anagrams

    *

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • children.
  • * 2008 December 31, Al Scaduto, They'll Do It Every Time (newspaper comic):
    • But - let wifey leave him with the kinder while out shopping...
  • * 2010 , Beth Rubin, Frommer's Washington D.C. with Kids , John Wiley & Sons (ISBN 9780470648506)
    • Of special interest to the kinder are The Children&
  • 39;s Place, Baby Gap, Gap Kids and Gap, Gymboree, The Limited, America!, and the Sweet Factory.
  • * 2012 , Charlotte Druckman, Skirt Steak: Women Chefs on Standing the Heat and Staying in the Kitchen , Chronicle Books (ISBN 9781452121307), page 192
    • Do note, as Goin mentions, this is a policy better implemented when the kinder are well past infancy.
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