kindliness
noun
kindliness is spelled K-I-N-D-L-I-N-E-S-S: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, kindliness means “The state of feeling kindly towards someone or something, or the actions inspired thereby” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of kindliness is kindlinesses.
How many letters and syllables are in kindliness?
| Letters | 10: K-I-N-D-L-I-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 28 million words; the 161,690th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is kindliness?
Kindliness appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce kindliness?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Qwertygiy-kindliness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of kindliness
- kindlinesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does kindliness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of feeling kindly towards someone or something, or the actions inspired thereby.
Elmo looked upon his only granddaughter with kindliness, and often relented to her demands for chocolate.
- 2
archaicFavourableness; mildness.
- 3
obsoleteNaturalness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Kindliness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the state of feeling kindly towards someone or something:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | amabilidade |
| Spanish | amabilidad |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does kindliness come from?
From kindly + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).