Kindliness /(?)/

Kind·li·ness

Kindliness

n.
  1. Natural inclination; natural course. [Obs.]
  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.