Used as adjectives, 'kind' and 'kindly' are synonyms. You may replace one with the other. Kindly 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A kindly person is kind, caring, and sympathetic. He was a stern critic but an extremely kindly man. Synonyms: benevolent, kind, caring, nice However, 'kindly' can be used as an adverb, meaning 'thoughtfully or helpfully' Kindly
This is a matter of tone or "register". "Kindly" is seen in America as being old-fashioned and overly formal. Not incorrect, but rare and getting rarer. See, for example, this ngram result for "kindly reply" vs. "please reply". The last time the former was as common as the latter was about 1910. As of 2000, "please reply" was about 25x as common. I can't speak for BrE usage.
Sometimes I received emails start with "Kindly notice", and other times "Kindly note", I checked the two meaning on the dictionaries and it seem both of them can be verb and they have similar meani...
Consider the common phrase "please kindly listen while I explain this; or kindly wait while I check this." In my view please is asking while kindly, as already mentioned, is used to take the edge of a command. An example being in written format: 'kindly pay your debt at your earliest convenience.' The use of both words together is contradictory.
Kindly is a little bit of an archaic word in both the context of kindly asking someone to do something and asking someone to kindly do something. Kindly asking someone to do something is used frequently in written English, especially formal English.
Can the word "kindly" be used to close an email, for example: Hi Matt, I would like to thank you for the great help yesterday! kindly, John I see it very strange, but many people in my institution are using it to close their emails! Kindly, is this usage of "kindly" is correct?
I get emails asking to send someone some pictures and other information. When replying, what should I write? Kindly find the attached pictures and link for your reference. Kindly find the attached pictures and link for your information. Or should I use any other words to make it simpler? What about "for your needful"? Please let me know.
Please find attached "Monthly status report" PDF for your reference would be appropriate; you cannot enclose anything in an email because they don't have envelopes. However (in my opinion) a more formal phrasing would be something like Please find the pdf "Monthly status report" attached for your reference or, shortly put Please find the file attached for your reference. if it is clear what ...
As you have better contacts with musicians, kindly do the needful. do the needful is used when we want to cut the story short. In fact, at times, we just write do the needful and the favorer understands everything! Wikipedia says that the phrase is now obsolete and slang (this is news for me!).
