Kind"li*ness (?), n. 1.
Natural inclination; natural course. [Obs.]
Milton.
2. The quality or state of being kindly;
benignity; benevolence; gentleness; tenderness; as, kindliness
of disposition, of treatment, or of words.
In kind a father, but not in
kindliness.
Sackville.
3. Softness; mildness; propitiousness; as,
kindliness of weather, or of a season.
Fruits and corn are much advanced by temper of the air
and
kindliness of seasons.
Whitlock.