(kīnd) adjective
1. Having gentleness, tenderness, or goodness of heart; humane; kindly; also, proceeding from or expressing good–heartedness: kind words.
2. Gentle or tractable, as an animal.
3. Archaic Affectionate; loving.
4. Obs. Characteristic; native. See synonyms under AMIABLE, AMICABLE, CHARITABLE, FRIENDLY, GOOD, HUMANE, PLEASANT, PROPITIOUS. [OE gecynde]

(kīnd) noun
1. Essential or distinguishing quality; sort.
2. A number of persons or things of the same character; a class.
3. A modification or variety of a given sort of thing; a species.
4. Obs. Nature in general, or natural disposition. See synonyms under AFFINITY, KIN, SORT.
—in kind
1. With something of the same sort; to repay a blow in kind.
2. Specifically, in produce instead of money: to pay taxes in kind.
—of a kind
1. Of the same sort or variety.
2. Of imperfect quality; of sorts; poetry of a kind. [OE cynd. Akin to KIN.]