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TheSiavash Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Kindness & Kindliness
is there any differences between Kindness and Kindliness?
both are nouns and as far as I checked in dictionary, both meant the same...
Thanks
both are nouns and as far as I checked in dictionary, both meant the same...
Thanks
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" If you're speaking of an act, you could say "it was a kindness I'll never forget". " John
- " If you're speaking of an act, you could say "it was a kindness I'll never forget".
- " John
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Both are nouns, and both mean the "the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate."
If you're speaking of an act, you could say "it was a kindness I'll never forget". But, you would probably never hear anyone say "it was a kindliness I'll never forget."
John
If you're speaking of an act, you could say "it was a kindness I'll never forget". But, you would probably never hear anyone say "it was a kindliness I'll never forget."
John
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Thank you very much John. so what is the use of "kindliness"? Does it refer to somone's character?
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Hi TheSiavash
Yes, I'd say that's it.
"His kindliness was appreciated by all".
To me, it sounds a bit stilted, but gramatically it works.
John
Yes, I'd say that's it.
"His kindliness was appreciated by all".
To me, it sounds a bit stilted, but gramatically it works.
John
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In Agatha Christie's A Holiday for Murder (part III section XIII) Hercule Poirot says of another character, "her steady hazel eyes . . . shone out like beacons of kindliness." Two sentences later she writes, "Colonel Johnson was talking in his kindliest tone."
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