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Definition of Neighbourly
1. Adjective. Exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor.
Similar to: Friendly
Derivative terms: Neighbor, Neighborliness, Neighbour, Neighbourliness
Definition of Neighbourly
1. Adjective. (British Canada) Showing the qualities of a friendly and helpful neighbour. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Neighbourly
Literary usage of Neighbourly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pennsylvania Archives by Samuel Hazard, John Blair Linn, William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, George Edward Reed, Pennsylvania State Library, Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Gertrude MacKinney, Charles Francis Hoban (1877)
"... the Continuance of neighbourly Correspondency much wished for by Honor' is"
Yo' affectionate Friend & hum: Serv' A: B: TREATY OF PEACE BETWEEN MARYLAND ..."
2. Illustrations of Political Economy.: By Harriet Martineau by Harriet Martineau (1834)
"neighbourly CHAT. AT a late hour of this night, the young widow Cuthbert was
still busy, as she had been all day, at her employment of ..."
3. Cases Argued and Determined in the Court for the Trial of Impeachments and by George Caines, New York (State). Supreme Court (1807)
"ALBANY, acts of neighbourly kindness, without any interest or D.&G.Ludlow ' , , r .
^**~ ..-**„ expectation of reward; that they are frequently called v. on ..."
4. Inheriting the Earth; Or, The Geographical Factor in National Development by Oscar Diedrich Engeln (1922)
"Coupled up with the patriotism of place, that finds its expression in neighbourly
co-operation, is the similarly place-rooted instinct that is designated by ..."
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