Kindful

Alternative forms

• kindiful

Origin

From Middle English kindeful, kyndeful, equivalent to kind + -ful.

Full definition of kindful

Adjective

1. (obsolete) Natural.
2. (UK dialectal) Of, relating to, or denoting a specified kind or sort; kindly.
• 1830, Robert Forby, The vocabulary of East Anglia:"Men and women, horses and asses, sheep and oxen, and all kindiful things"
3. Of natural disposition or affections; kind.
• 1856, Wesleyan Methodist missionary society, The Wesleyan juvenile offering:The lady who was then in charge of the school, manifested a kindful feeling towards her, and imparted the best ...

Antonyms

• kindless