"mindly" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more mindly [comparative], most mindly [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English myndly, myendly (“mindful; mental”), equivalent to mind + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|myndly}} Middle English myndly, {{af|en|mind|-ly|id2=adjectival}} mind + -ly Head templates: {{en-adj}} mindly (comparative more mindly, superlative most mindly)
  1. Of or relating to the mind; mental
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