Kinder Meaning
/ˈkaɪndə/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjcomparative form of kind: more kind
advAlternative form of kinda.
Sentence Examples
I want to become a kinder person.
You'd never meet a kinder, more loving person than Mary.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Of the two teachers, Mrs. Smith is ____ and more patient with students.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She is ____ to animals than anyone else I know, and she always takes in strays that she finds.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English kind English -er English kinder From kind + -er.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Electric trains have much lower operating costs and are kinder to the track."
— 2021 February 10, Nigel Harris, “We risk destroying value”, in RAIL, number 924, page 3:
"I told ’im to give you the strings last night, but I’m kinder glad thet Rosebud interfered an’ saved yer life."
— 1882, James Jackson, Tom Terror, the Outlaw:
"'No, he was kinder reticent about that part of it.'"
— 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 9, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017:
"Of special interest to the kinder are The Children's Place, Baby Gap, Gap Kids and Gap, Gymboree, The Limited, America!, and the Sweet Factory."
— 2010, Beth Rubin, Frommer's Washington D.C. with Kids, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
"Do note, as Goin mentions, this is a policy better implemented when the kinder are well past infancy."
— 2012, Charlotte Druckman, Skirt Steak: Women Chefs on Standing the Heat and Staying in the Kitchen, Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 192:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Of the two teachers, Mrs. Smith is ____ and more patient with students.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She is ____ to animals than anyone else I know, and she always takes in strays that she finds.