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01-10-2017, 10:42 PM
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Litotes always works: "not unkind." (Ah, I see it's already appeared.)
Signed,
Cruel in Order To Be Kind
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01-10-2017, 10:59 PM
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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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01-11-2017, 12:14 AM
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That's funny, Butch.
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01-11-2017, 07:43 AM
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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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01-11-2017, 09:19 AM
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forced kindness
condescendingly kind
peremptory kindness
formulaic concern
formulaic warmth
phony kindness
phony warmth
etc.
Last edited by Michael Cantor; 01-11-2017 at 11:14 AM.
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01-11-2017, 10:05 AM
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defensively kind
grudgingly kind
Last edited by Douglas G. Brown; 01-11-2017 at 11:00 AM.
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01-11-2017, 11:10 AM
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Love your hair!
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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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Last edited by RCL; 01-12-2017 at 10:54 PM.
Reason: mucking around
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01-11-2017, 12:42 PM
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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
Last edited by Edward Zuk; 01-11-2017 at 01:07 PM.
Reason: Added two more possibilities
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01-11-2017, 10:24 PM
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sniffish ....
sniffy kindness
Last edited by Allen Tice; 01-12-2017 at 10:12 PM.
Reason: eschewedness toward earlier single word entry
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01-12-2017, 09:48 PM
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affable
patronizing
with generous condescension
charitable
Susan
Last edited by Susan McLean; 01-12-2017 at 11:13 PM.
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