Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Kindliness

Kindliness , noun

1.
Natural inclination; natural course. [Obsolete] — Milton
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.
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