Here and there you can hear: "He was so nice to me, it's even strange, I heard a lot of bad things about him." A person who does not know, but kindly - what is it, will ask himself: "Was that other person nice to a woman or rude?" Today we will understand the meaning of the words "amiable" and "kindly", because one cannot be considered without the other.
Meaning
Let's just say that the word is good. And the meanings of adverbs and adjectives have something in common. Therefore, we first consider the second, then the first, and then we move on to a more general concept of politeness in principle. So, the meanings of the adjective "amiable":
- This used to be called "beloved". Now it would look ironic and a little funny.
- Polite, gallant, courteous. It will take a little more than one phrase to clarify this meaning, so we will talk about it separately when we consider politeness.
- Darling, dear. Despite the fact that the third meaning has something in common and resembles the first, it is not considered obsolete and is quite in demand.
- Familiarappeal to someone. For example: “You know what, my dear, you don’t powder my brains! I saw with my own eyes how you put the cigarette case in your pocket! It's not hard to see that this is almost a curse word.
The adverb "kindly" can have the same meaning. And if we are talking about evaluating someone's actions, then the meaning is “nice”, “polite” is a positive assessment.
For example:
- Our boy showed adulthood for the first time today and gave way to his grandmother in public transport.
- Oh! Very kind of him. He's just great!
In this situation, "kindly" comes close in meaning to "nice", given the context of the situation: a grandmother, a child, two women, everyone is touched.
Emotional range of adverbs "cute" and "kindly"
In the previous section, it was said that adverbs in the title can be used as synonyms, and this is true, but not always. Much depends on the language situation. Compare.
One situation. When a son-in-law does something nice for his mother-in-law or wife, and she tells her mother, then in response you can hear: “Oh, how kind of him!” In this case, the adverbs are interchangeable, and if you put "cute", nothing will change.
Another situation. The wife informs her husband that a colleague gave her a seat in the car that was taking them home. The husband will respond: “That is very kind of him.” Here, “nice” would sound false and inappropriate, because the spouse does not know the colleague and he does not care, the main thing is thatthat his wife came home a little earlier. In addition, if the spouse is suspicious, then the thought will come to his head: “Does a colleague want to hit on his wife?” What a mercy.
Thus, it turns out: “kindly” is a neutral word that can be used to express politeness on duty when you don’t want to say anything in particular, but you need to.
Some of the readers may not agree with this message. Here, everyone creates their own set of preferences. Moreover, this applies not only to writers of science and art, but also to ordinary native speakers, unless, of course, the latter are literate enough to give their own definition, which begins with the words “kindly - this is …”
Courtesy
Let the reader not worry, there will be no treatise on morality here, but it is strange to talk about courtesy and not say anything about the more general concept where it belongs. A person is brought up from an early age so that he knows the difference between good behavior and bad. When he behaves well, he is encouraged, for example, with the word “kindly”. It is a form of approval that a person behaves in accordance with social expectations and requirements. Politeness has only one problem - it is relative.
If, for example, in Germany, a Russian tourist gives way to an elderly German woman on the bus, she will look at him as if he had humiliated her. But it is so from the point of view of foreign morality. By his act, the Russian showed disrespect to the German woman, considered that she was weak and weak, and this was an insult.
We hope now it's clear, kindly - how is it? Armed with this knowledge,the reader is completely free to be gallant.
