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Friendly

//ˈfɹɛnd.li// adj, adv, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character.

    "Your cat seems very friendly."

  2. 2
    Inviting, characteristic of friendliness.

    "He gave a friendly smile."

  3. 3
    Having an easy or accepting relationship with something.

    "a user-friendly software program"

  4. 4
    Compatible with, or not damaging to (the compounded noun). in-compounds

    "The cobbled streets aren't very bike-friendly."

  5. 5
    Without any hostility.

    "a friendly competition"

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  1. 6
    Promoting the good of any person; favourable; propitious.

    "a friendly breeze or gale"

  2. 7
    Of or pertaining to friendlies (friendly noun sense 2, below). Also applied to other bipolar confrontations, such as team sports. usually

    "The soldier was killed by friendly fire."

  3. 8
    Being or relating to two or more natural numbers with a common abundancy.

    "friendly"

Adjective
  1. 1
    characteristic of or befitting a friend wordnet
  2. 2
    of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally wordnet
  3. 3
    easy to understand or use wordnet
  4. 4
    inclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    In a friendly manner; like a friend.

    "And looke we friendly on them when they come: But if they offer word or violence, Weele fight fiue hundred men at armes to one, Before we part with our poſſeſſion: […]"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A place name:; A suburban settlement just west of Sowerby Bridge, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0524).
  2. 2
    A place name:; A census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States.
  3. 3
    A place name:; A neighbourhood of Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, United States.
  4. 4
    A place name:; A town in Tyler County, West Virginia, United States.
  5. 5
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A game which is of no consequence in terms of ranking, betting, etc.

    "This match is merely a friendly, so don't worry too much about it."

  2. 2
    troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces wordnet
  3. 3
    A person or entity on the same side as one's own in a conflict.

    "These were speedily routed by the friendlies, who attacked the small force before them in fine style."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English frendly, freendly, frendely, frendlich, from Old English frēondlīċ, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndlīkaz, equivalent to friend + -ly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian früntelk, fjuntelk (“friendly”), West Frisian freonlik (“friendly”), Dutch vriendelijk (“friendly”), German Low German fründelk, frünnelk (“friendly”), German freundlich (“friendly”). Doublet of friendlike.

Etymology 2

From Middle English frendly, freendly, frendely, frendlich, from Old English frēondlīċ, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndlīkaz, equivalent to friend + -ly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian früntelk, fjuntelk (“friendly”), West Frisian freonlik (“friendly”), Dutch vriendelijk (“friendly”), German Low German fründelk, frünnelk (“friendly”), German freundlich (“friendly”). Doublet of friendlike.

Etymology 3

From Middle English frendly, frendliche, from Old English frēondlīċe (“in a friendly manner”), equivalent to friend + -ly.

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