kindness
the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,552 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 11,798 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic
- tendency to be kind and forgiving also: forgivingness
- a kind act also: benignity
kindness in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Lastly, the pleasant discovery that his Form treated him with courtesy and kindness.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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Can I be of any help to you, and thus repay your great kindness to me?’
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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And he'd do odd jobs for the neighbours and show a good bit of kindness to the children.
The Torch and Other Tales · Eden Phillpotts · Chapter 1
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A little kindness from any one, a little pleasure or a little comfort, made her glow with nice-tempered enjoyment.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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And, as I had full confidence in his kindness, I went on telling him the story of my life.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1