Neighborly
['neɪbəlɪ] or ['nebɚli]
Definition
(adj.) exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor .
Checker: Wendy--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Apropriate to the relation of neighbors; having frequent or familiar intercourse; kind; civil; social; friendly.
(adv.) In a neigborly manner.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Friendly, kind, civil, social, obliging, attentive, on friendly terms.
Typist: Shelley
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See REBUKE_and_MORTIFY]
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Examples
- Mr. Laurence watches over us like a motherly old hen, as Jo says, and Laurie is very kind and neighborly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He is, however, intensely personal and neighborly, and what he wants to know is, Is Mars inhabited? Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Shall we not yet stand on the North Pole, or looking away into space may we not extend a neighborly welcome to our brothers in Mars, if any there be? Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Come down and go on being neighborly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Only trying to be neighborly, sir. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Shelby, now, mebbe won't think this yer the most neighborly thing in the world; but what's a feller to do? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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