Kindly vs Great - What's the difference?
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Having a kind personality.
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(obsolete) Favourable; gentle; auspicious; beneficent.
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* Wordsworth
(obsolete) natural
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* L. Andrews
In a kind manner, out of kindness.
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in a favourable way.
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Please; (used to make a polite request).
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Very big, large scale.
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*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:He doth object I am too great of birth.
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*:“[…] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic?”
Title referring to an important leader.
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Superior; admirable; commanding; applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings.
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Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble.
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(lb) Pregnant; large with young.
*(Bible), (Psalms) lxxviii. 71
*:the ewes great with young
More than ordinary in degree; very considerable.
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*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:We have all / Great' cause to give ' great thanks.
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Intimate; familiar.
*(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
*:those that are so great with him
Expression of gladness and content about something.
sarcastic inversion thereof.
A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.
A course of academic study devoted to the works of such persons and also known as Literae Humaniores ; the "Greats" name has official status with respect to 's program and is widely used as a colloquialism in reference to similar programs elsewhere.
(music) The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division.
very well (in a very satisfactory manner)
Kindly is a related term of great.
As an adjective kindly
is having a kind personality.As an adverb kindly
is in a kind manner, out of kindness.As a verb great is
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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.
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, pleasegreat
English
(wikipedia great)Adjective
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Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli, passage=Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.}}
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights,
Usage notes
In simple situations, using modifiers of intensity such as fairly'', ''somewhat , etc. can lead to an awkward construction, with the exception of certain common expressions such as “so great” and “really great”. In particular “very great” is unusually strong as a reaction, and in many cases “great” or its meaning of “very good” will suffice.Synonyms
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* great big * great chamber * great hall * great room * greatly * greatnessInterjection
(en interjection)- Great! Thanks for the wonderful work.
- Oh, great! I just dumped all 500 sheets of the manuscript all over and now I have to put them back in order.
Noun
(en noun)- Newton and Einstein are two of the greats of the history of science.
- Spencer read Greats at Oxford, taking a starred first.
Adverb
(-)- Those mechanical colored pencils work great because they don't have to be sharpened.