Friendly
['fren(d)lɪ] or ['frɛndli]
Definition
(noun.) troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces; 'friendlies came to their rescue'.
(adj.) characteristic of or befitting a friend; 'friendly advice'; 'a friendly neighborhood'; 'the only friendly person here'; 'a friendly host and hostess' .
(adj.) of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally; 'in friendly territory'; 'he was accidentally killed by friendly fire' .
(adj.) easy to understand or use; 'user-friendly computers'; 'a consumer-friendly policy'; 'a reader-friendly novel' .
(adj.) inclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile; 'a government friendly to our interests'; 'an amicable agreement' .
Checker: Lyman--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Having the temper and disposition of a friend; disposed to promote the good of another; kind; favorable.
(a.) Appropriate to, or implying, friendship; befitting friends; amicable.
(a.) Not hostile; as, a friendly power or state.
(a.) Promoting the good of any person; favorable; propitious; serviceable; as, a friendly breeze or gale.
(adv.) In the manner of friends; amicably; like friends.
Inputed by Antonia
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Amicable, fraternal, neighborly, kind, well-affected, on good terms, on friendly terms; on a friendly, familiar, or intimate footing; not hostile, not inimical.[2]. Favorable, propitious, salutary.
Editor: Louise
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Well-inclined, welldisposed, amicable, kindly, social, neighborly, sociable,affectionate, favorable, cordial
ANT:ill-inclined, ill-disposed, hostile, inimical, adverse, antagonistic
Typist: Miranda
Examples
- Mr. Wopsle in a comprehensive black cloak, being descried entering at the turnpike, the gravedigger was admonished in a friendly way, Look out! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- She merely observed that he was perfectly good humoured and friendly. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Now he is friendly. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The house, furniture, neighbourhood, and roads, were all to her taste, and Lady Catherine's behaviour was most friendly and obliging. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- It is thought the friendly visit was only the cloak of a bloody conspiracy. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The most friendly relations seemed to exist between the pickets of the two armies. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Penelope Betteredge (the only one of the women with whom I was on friendly terms) passed, and noticed what I was about. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- In the friendliest manner he is making himself quite at home with his back to the fire, executing a statuette of the Colossus at Rhodes. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Mrs Lammle took the friendliest interest in Bella's making a good match. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The Count shrugged his huge shoulders, and smiled on Laura in the friendliest manner. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He is in the friendliest condition towards his species and will drink with most of them. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- So far, I have written in the friendliest possible spirit. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- They parted, therefore, in the friendliest manner, and with the kindest feeling on both sides. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She smiled at me in the friendliest manner--said she preferred remaining near the house, nodded pleasantly, and re-entered the hall. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
Edited by Johanna