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According to A Shakespeare Glossary, the adjective "kind" had several meanings:
natural, appropriate, proper (…)
favourable, gracious (…)
affectionate, loving, fond (…)
Based on this, the relationship between Hamlet and Claudius is described as a little more than just kinship (Claudius is not just his uncle but now also his stepfather) but less ...
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Meiosis
It's a figure of speech, a form of understatement. Hamlet is describing a total lack as if it were a mere diminishment.
This also lets him frame it as an antithesis.
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