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Unread 01-10-2017, 10:42 PM
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Litotes always works: "not unkind." (Ah, I see it's already appeared.)

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Cruel in Order To Be Kind
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That cracks me up, Sam, and reminds me (academics can be absurd) that in a tenure review it was noted that I was "too heterosexual."
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That's funny, Butch.
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Glancing (as in a glancing blow)

Survivable

Harmless

Understanding

Flattering

Fitting

Appropriate

Humoring (...him or her)

Cordial
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forced kindness

condescendingly kind

peremptory kindness

formulaic concern

formulaic warmth

phony kindness

phony warmth

etc.

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defensively kind
grudgingly kind

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More Eggsamples

Egghead
Salesman
Professorial
Academic
Sensitive
Socialist
Progressive
Old-school
Beltway
Conservatives (absolutists, compassionate [not], richer, better looking, fantasists, Foxy, rfrs, narrowly religious)
Bubblers
Liberals (relativists, truth-bound, hopeful, patriotic, middle class, compassionate [really], secular)
Cuddly
Childlike
Dependable
Genial
Genteel
Meek
Mild

Maternal/Paternal
Layman
Secular (fav of Sessions)
Alpha
Tall-Dog
Relentless
Trumpesque
Team-player
Up-and-coming
Self-starter
Independent
Stands out
Peerless
No less than: capable, dutiful, helpful, willing, devoted, committed, adequate, benign, deserving
Of an oldster thinking he/she is a late bloomer: wunderkind
Of a list writer: types beautifully!

added: Hamlet: "more than kin and less than kind" (= kindless ? or unkind ? parent? a lover?) after hint by Sam

kinless (= bastard ? = god ?)

Aside: Where Trump's education ended: kindergarten
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A few more possibilities for “somewhat concerned or kind”:

mawkish
concerned
soft-hearted
niceish
sentimental
empathetic
a soft touch
Clintonesque (“I feel your pain!”)
kindishanally ("kind with conditions," according to the Urban Dictionary)

If you mean “seeming kind, but in an obviously false way”:

cloying
maudlin
saccharine
mushy

And Ralph, that anecdote in post #22 is hilarious.

Edited in: Two more suggestions:

lukewarm
tepid

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sniffish ....

sniffy kindness

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affable
patronizing
with generous condescension
charitable

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