Kindly vs Winning - What's the difference?
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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; .
That constitutes a win.
That leads to success.
Attractive.
The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition.
(chiefly, in the plural) The money, etc., gained by success in competition or contest, especially in gambling.
* Chaucer
(mining) A new opening.
The portion of a coalfield out for working.
As adjectives the difference between kindly and winning
is that kindly is having a kind personality while winning is that constitutes a win.As an adverb kindly
is in a kind manner, out of kindness.As a verb winning is
present participle of lang=en.As a noun winning is
the act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition.kindly
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, pleasewinning
English
Verb
(head)- Our horse was winning the race, but fell back just before the finish line.
Derived terms
* winningsAdjective
(en-adj)- the winning entry in the competition
- the winning lotto numbers
- a winning formula, strategy, etc.
- a winning smile
Noun
(en noun)- Ye seek land and sea for your winnings .