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Definition of Friendliest
1. friendly [adj] - See also: friendly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Friendliest
Literary usage of Friendliest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1888)
"Essex's correspondence on the subject with Sir Robert Cecil is couched in the
friendliest terms, and his parting letter to the queen em- ' bodies the ..."
2. Letters of George Meredith by George Meredith (1912)
"Your friendliest GEORGE MEREDITH. To Captain Maxse. MICKLEHAM, Dec. 19, 1869.
MY DEAR FRED,—Morison will take notice of your pamphlet: he says he cannot do ..."
3. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1892)
"For I must (nor let it grieve thee, For thy sake, TOBACCO, 1 friendliest of
plants, that I must) leave thee; And but seek to extend my days Would* do ..."
4. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1912)
"But I kiss my hand to the heavens: and let her only look on your head, and she
will see the act reflected.— Your friendliest GEORGE MEREDITH. ..."
5. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents by United States President, James Daniel Richardson, United States Congress. Joint Committee on Printing (1908)
"this Government has only the friendliest intentions toward Colombia, and will
not lightly be provoked into assuming a hostile attitude toward that Republic. ..."
6. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1880)
"... suddenly threw off the disguise and shone among the foremost and the friendliest,
who through the press, as well as by voice and pen in private, ..."
7. The Home Maker by Jane Cunningham Croly (1889)
"But there was with us a Northern lady who, while always avowing her loyalty, was
on the friendliest terms with us all. In this absorbing work no one was ..."