kinly

English

Etymology

From kin +‎ -ly.

Adjective

kinly (comparative more kinly, superlative most kinly)

1. Involving or characteristic of kinship.
   • 1978, David J. Parkin, The Cultural Definition of Political Response:

     Among the unrelated lodgers in Kaloleni we have an interesting contrast which is pointed out by Luo themselves and which is used to substantiate the distinction which they hold between those whom I may call kinly and unkinly friends.

   • 1989, Daily Report: East Asia - Volumes 89-249, page 42:

     On this occasion, the acting president and the new Thai ambassador talked of a number of matters, in particular the development of the kinly and neighbourly relations between the peoples of Laos and Thailand.

   • 2014, Sandra Newman, The Country of Ice Cream Star, →ISBN, page 301:

     I nod foolish at these brown ermanos. Feel some kinly warming to them, children who ain't kill myself.

Anagrams

• linky