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Definition of Neighborliness
1. Noun. A disposition to be friendly and helpful to neighbors.
Generic synonyms: Friendliness
Derivative terms: Neighborly, Neighbourly
Antonyms: Unneighborliness
Definition of Neighborliness
1. n. The quality or state of being neighborly.
Definition of Neighborliness
1. Noun. The characteristic of being neighborly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Neighborliness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Neighborliness
Literary usage of Neighborliness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poverty and Dependency: Their Relief and Prevention by John Lewis Gillin (1921)
"That classic figure •L ^ of neighborliness, the Good Samaritan, has never been
excelled. The neighbor was not the man who lived near to the man beset by ..."
2. Home Life in Colonial Days by Alice Morse Earle (1898)
"CHAPTER XVI COLONIAL Neighborliness IF the first foundation of New England's
strength and growth was godliness, its next was neighborliness, and a firm rock ..."
3. Selected Quotations on Peace and War: With Especial Reference to a Course of by Commission on Christian Education (1915)
"NATIONAL Neighborliness In any given decade the movement toward neighborliness
may seem stationary, but substitute the perspective of a century for the ..."
4. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Dept. of public instruction, Pennsylvania State Library (1891)
"... Honors from that side ; hence a mutual good correspondence and neighborliness
ought to be kept up. WILLIAM BEECKMAN TO DIRECTOR STUYVESANT AND COUNCIL. ..."
5. Political Parties in the United States: Their History and Influence by Jacob Harris Patton (1896)
"Neighborliness.—As a nation we have been peculiarly kind in our intercourse with
the people living on the eastern coast of Asia—the Chinese, the Japanese, ..."
6. New Ideals in the Planning of Cities, Towns and Villages by John Nolen (1919)
"... CENTER Recreation centers provide splendid facilities for gatherings and
stimulate community cooperation and a spirit of neighborliness •octal 12. ..."
7. Social Conscience: Or, Homocracy Versus Monocracy in Story, Verse and Essay by Adam Abet (1920)
"Neighborliness * Neighbor Clara, down one floor, Please to shut your kitchen door.
Your Domestic Science daughter Eleanor , Makes a fellow's palate water ..."
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