kyndely
Middle English
Alternative forms
- kyndeliche
Etymology
From Old English cyndelīċ (“natural, kindly”); equivalent to kynde + -ly (adjectival).
Adjective
kyndely
- true
- c. 15th century, Julian of Norwich, The Long Text; republished as chapter XLV, in A Book of Showings: The Long Text, edited from MS BN Fonds anglais 40, […], Toronto, Ont.: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1978:
- God demyth vs vpon oure kyndely substance, whych is evyr kepte one in hym, hole and safe without ende;
- God judges us according to our true essence, which he keeps inside himself, whole and safe, always.
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Descendants
- English: kindly