kindest

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Kind \Kind\ (k[imac]nd), a. [Compar. Kinder (k[imac]nd"[~e]r); superl. Kindest.] [AS. cynde, gecynde, natural, innate, prop. an old p. p. from the root of E. kin. See Kin kindred.]

1.Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

It becometh sweeter than it should be, and loseth the kind taste.— Holland.[1913 Webster]

2.Having feelings befitting our common nature; congenial; sympathetic; as, a kind man; a kind heart. [1913 Webster]

Yet was he kind, or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was his fault.— Goldsmith.[1913 Webster]

3.Showing tenderness or goodness; disposed to do good and confer happiness; averse to hurting or paining; benevolent; benignant; gracious. [1913 Webster]

He is kind unto the unthankful and to evil.— Luke vi 35.[1913 Webster]

O cruel Death, to those you take more kind Than to the wretched mortals left behind.— Waller.[1913 Webster]

A fellow feeling makes one wondrous kind.— Garrick.[1913 Webster]

4.Proceeding from, or characterized by, goodness, gentleness, or benevolence; as, a kind act. "Manners so kind, yet stately." --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

5.Gentle; tractable; easily governed; as, a horse kind in harness.

Syn: Benevolent; benign; beneficent; bounteous; gracious; propitious; generous; forbearing; indulgent; tender; humane; compassionate; good; lenient; clement; mild; gentle; bland; obliging; friendly; amicable. See Obliging. [1913 Webster]