KINDLINESS

Kind″li‐ness (?), n. 1. 1. Natural inclination; natural course. Milton.
2. 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. 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.