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单词 kindly-meant
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kindly-meant
kindly-meant adj. (of an action, remark, etc.) said or done with good intentions.In later use usually with some suggestion that the thing described is unhelpful or counterproductive.
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1741 Controv. conc. Free-will & Predestination (ed. 2) Pref. p. vi The Author hopes, That neither Mr. Whitfield, nor his Party, will take this kindly meant Warning amiss of him.
1846 Countess of Blessington Mem. Femme de Chambre II. i. 15 Selina blushing to her very temples,..taken unawares by the commonplace, but kindly-meant question.
1940 Gettysburg (Pa.) Times 20 May 4/4 Lance seemed to shrink in upon himself, hating..this kindly meant offer which only drove home his helplessness.
2015 Sunday Times (Nexis) 19 Apr. (News Review section) 4 Kindly meant platitudes will rub salt in the wounds.
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