About The Word Friendly

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Friendly

Friendly Meaning & Definition
Friendly Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Friendly?

[adj] characteristic of or befitting a friend; "friendly advice"; "a friendly neighborhood"; "the only friendly person here"; "a friendly host and hostess"
[adj] of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally; "in friendly territory"; "he was accidentally killed by friendly fire"
[adj] (in combination) easy to understand or use; "user-friendly computers"; "a consumer-friendly policy"; "a reader-friendly novel"
[adj] favorably disposed; not antagonistic or hostile; "a government friendly to our interests"; "an amicable agreement"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Friendly: affable | amiable | chummy | companionate | comradely | cordial | couthie | couthy | cozy | favorable | genial | hail-fellow | hail-fellow-well-met | informal | intimate | matey | neighborly | neighbourly | pally | palsy-walsy | social | well-disposed

Related Terms | Find terms related to Friendly: accessible | acquainted | affable | affectionate | agreeable | agreeably | amiable | amiably | amicable | amicably | approachable | ardently | arm in arm | at home | at home with | beneficent | benevolent | benign | benignant | brotherly | buddy-buddy | cheerful | chummy | civil | close | clubbable | clubbish | clubby | comfortable | comfy | commodious | communicative | companionable | companionate | compatible | congenial | congenially | contented | convenient | convivial | cooperative | cordial | cordially | courteous | cozy | cushioned | cushiony | cushy | demonstrative | devoted | easeful | easy | familiar | familiarly | favorable | favorably | fit for society | fond of society | fraternal | friendlike | friendliwise | friendly with | friends with | generous | genial | genially | good-natured | gracious | gregarious | hand in hand | harmonious | heartily | hearty | homelike | homely | homey | homish | hospitable | intimate | intimately | kind | kindly | kindly-disposed | liberal | lived-in | loving | luxurious | matey | neighborlike | neighborly | on good terms | open | openhearted | pally | palsy-walsy | peaceable | peaceful | plain | pleasant | pleasantly | propitious | receptive | relaxing | reposeful | restful | roomy | sib | simpatico | simple | sisterly | snug | sociable | social | social-minded | soft | sympathique | thick | unhostile | unpretending | unreserved | urbane | warm | warmhearted | warm-hearted | warmly | welcoming | well-affected | well-disposed | well-intentioned | well-meaning | well-meant | with open arms

See Also | agreeable | amicable | congenial | gracious | hospitable | sociable | warm

Friendly In Webster's Dictionary

\Friend"ly\, a. [AS. fre['e]ndl[imac]ce.] 1. Having the temper and disposition of a friend; disposed to promote the good of another; kind; favorable. 2. Appropriate to, or implying, friendship; befitting friends; amicable. In friendly relations with his moderate opponents. --Macaulay. 3. Not hostile; as, a friendly power or state. 4. Promoting the good of any person; favorable; propitious; serviceable; as, a friendly breeze or gale. On the first friendly bank he throws him down. --Addison. Syn: Amicable; kind; conciliatory; propitious; favorable. See {Amicable}.
\Friend"ly\, adv. In the manner of friends; amicably; like friends. [Obs.] --Shak. In whom all graces that can perfect beauty Are friendly met. --Beau. & Fl.
\Friend"ly\, n. A friendly person; -- usually applied to natives friendly to foreign settlers or invaders. These were speedily routed by the friendlies, who attacked the small force before them in fine style. --E. N. Bennett.

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