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Definition of Friendly
1. Adjective. Characteristic of or befitting a friend. "A friendly host and hostess"
Also: Congenial, Gracious, Hospitable, Amicable, Social, Sociable, Warm
Similar to: Affable, Amiable, Cordial, Genial, Chummy, Matey, Pally, Palsy-walsy, Companionate, Comradely, Hail-fellow, Hail-fellow-well-met, Couthie, Couthy, Cozy, Informal, Intimate, Neighborly, Neighbourly, Social
Derivative terms: Friend, Friendliness
Antonyms: Unfriendly
2. Noun. Troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces. "Friendlies came to their rescue"
Generic synonyms: Military Personnel, Soldiery, Troops
Antonyms: Hostile
3. Adjective. Inclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile. "An amicable agreement"
4. Adjective. Easy to understand or use. "A reader-friendly novel"
5. Adjective. Of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally. "He was accidentally killed by friendly fire"
Definition of Friendly
1. a. Having the temper and disposition of a friend; disposed to promote the good of another; kind; favorable.
2. adv. In the manner of friends; amicably; like friends.
3. n. A friendly person; -- usually applied to natives friendly to foreign settlers or invaders.
Definition of Friendly
1. Adjective. Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character. ¹
2. Adjective. Inviting, characteristic of friendliness. ¹
3. Adjective. Having an easy relationship with something, as in user-friendly etc. ¹
4. Adjective. Without any hostility, as in friendly competition. ¹
5. Adjective. (military) Of or pertaining to friendlies (''friendly'' noun sense 2, below). Also applied to other bipolar confrontations, such as team sports ¹
6. Adjective. (number theory) Being or relating to two or more natural numbers with a common abundancy. ¹
7. Adverb. (rare) In a friendly manner, like a friend. ¹
8. Noun. (sports) A game which is of no consequence in terms of ranking, betting etc. ¹
9. Noun. Person or entity on the same side of a conflict. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Friendly
1. inclined to approve, help, or support [adj -LIER, -LIEST] / one who is friendly [n -LIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Friendly
Literary usage of Friendly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Contemporary Review (1873)
"I must next say that in attempting thus to speak on Gilds and friendly ...
For whilst there is not, I think, a modern friendly Society which could not have ..."
2. Index to Fairy Tales, Myths and Legends by Mary Huse Eastman (1915)
"Brown, AF Book of saints and friendly beasts. St. Francis and the Soldan. Peers.
... Salt fish and the eel. Johnson. Oak-tree fairy book. friendly beasts. ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: From by Francis Vesey, Great Britain Court of Chancery (1833)
"friendly SOCIETY. 1. The preference confined to official debts. 2. ... 54, giving
preference to friendly 2. Whether the preference to friendly societies ..."
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