Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Kindliness \Kind"li*ness\, n.
   1. Natural inclination; natural course. [Obs.] --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.

Source : WordNet®

kindliness
     n : friendliness evidence by a kindly and helpful disposition
         [syn: {helpfulness}]