WordNet
v. be willing or inclined to accept; "He did not take kindly to my critical remarks"
Usage examples of "take kindly to".
But the Transylvania soldiers did not take kindly to a foreign prince, and behaved so unsoldierly that Sigismund was called back.
I'd have to be careful, the other traders won't take kindly to any voluntary embargo.
Somehow, I doubt the Brigade would take kindly to having an officer's home invaded by petty officials attempting to enforce a dubious rule that I haven't even seen, let alone determined the legality of.
For instance, Daffyd doubted that Frank Gillings would take kindly to the notion that Sally Iselin's chief assistant at the moment was the two-year-old Dorotea Horvath, the extraordinarily Talented daughter of two of his people.
She'd looked forward to witnessing the launch in person, with a fourteen-year-old's intensity, and didn't take kindly to the change in plans.
We seek Free Traders, and they do not take kindly to official warning unless those are delivered with force.
Upon reflection, Douglas Layton acknowledged that Jane Clausen would not take kindly to his failure to stay with her at Dr.