Kindly
What it means
With considerate warmth, or as a courteous marker before a request.
Reach for it when describing gentle help or softening a formal instruction
The guide kindly slowed the tour so the youngest visitor could keep up.
Words to choose between 6
| everyday | |
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| warm | |
| professional | |
| formal |
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everyday
Fits when a natural courteous request is wanted
Careful Please is more conversational and less official than kindly.
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everyday
Fits when help reflects attention to a particular need
Careful Thoughtfully stresses planning rather than warmth.
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warm
Fits when soft handling or wording prevents distress
Careful Gentle action can be careful without personal consideration.
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warm
Fits when friendliness and affection are felt
Careful Warmly does not guarantee useful action.
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professional
courteously
Fits when the request's manner is being described
Careful Courteously cannot directly introduce an instruction.
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formal
Fits when good manners remain generous under inconvenience
Careful Graciously sounds ceremonial for a simple favor.
Opposites 3
- harshly
- rudely
- unkindly
Common phrases 3
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kindly offered
She kindly offered to guide the visitors back to the station.
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kindly note
Kindly note that the west entrance closes at six.
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kindly remember
Kindly remember to label any food containing nuts.
Word family 2
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Dvortygirl, American accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Updated