The adverb is on the verb in this sentence, not the noun. You are saying I thank you, and how I thank you is kindly (gratefully or with grace). As opposed to thanking someone snidely or backhandedly.
Kindly could also be a shortening of “for your kindness” depending on the history of this phrase.
You are saying I thank you, and how I thank you is kindly (gratefully or with grace).
This is exactly what I’m saying - “How I thank you is kindly” i.e. “I’m being kind in the way I’m thanking you”
Yes, but rather than self praise, it seems to me like it’s being effusive and polite. As in, I’m not trying to be disruptive, please accept this kind gesture.
Yeah I agree. The shower thought was just that you could take it more literally.
Yes this is the internet, a daily reminder that everything could always be taken more literally.
The earliest known use of “thank you kindly” is from a 16th-century theatrical work. It was an elaboration of the phrase “I think of you kindly” before it was shortened to “I thank you”.
“Kindly. Thank you.” Those elephant looking aliens on Mass Effect who start every sentence with the emotion they’re speaking with because they can’t speak with any inflection.
Ah, so fuck off kindly is a much better way to use this.
Although you’re generally correct with “kindly” basically being the same as “very much”, you’re missing the passive aggressive version with the remainder of the thought unspoken.
“Thank you, kindly” (go fuck yourself)
Thank you, Kindly.
Hi Kindly, I’m dad.
Wait, that didn’t really work…
so you’re basically saying
“I’m being kind”“I’m most likely Indian”🤭
I don’t think I’ve heard people from other places end their sentences like that regularly.
