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Friendly   /frˈɛndli/  /frˈɛnli/   Listen
Friendly

adjective
1.
Characteristic of or befitting a friend.  "A friendly neighborhood" , "The only friendly person here" , "A friendly host and hostess"
2.
Inclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile.  Synonyms: favorable, well-disposed.  "An amicable agreement"
3.
Easy to understand or use.  "A consumer-friendly policy" , "A reader-friendly novel"
4.
Of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally.  "He was accidentally killed by friendly fire"
noun
1.
Troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces.



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"Friendly" Quotes from Famous Books



... MIDLETON guarantee that even the most complete fiscal autonomy would satisfy Sinn Fein? If later on, when the Irish Parliaments were in operation, a demand came from a united Ireland, the Government would give it friendly consideration. Lord MIDLETON'S motion having been rejected by eighty-six votes, and Lord DUNRAVEN'S by ninety, the Second Reading was agreed ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 1, 1920 • Various
... have used me so friendly as to make me acquainted with your passions, I will shortly make you privy to mine which I would be loth the printer should see, for that my fancies being never so crooked he would put them into straight lines unfit for my humour, necessary for his art, who setteth down blind ...
— A History of English Literature - Elizabethan Literature • George Saintsbury
... I will;" and, turning in his chair, he said to Plank: "Awfully sorry I acted like a bounder just now, after having accepted your hospitality at the Fells. I did mean to be offensive, and I'm sorry for that, too. Hope you'll overlook it, and be friendly." ...
— The Fighting Chance • Robert W. Chambers
... and bowed to Marguerite, who followed him into the house; when he had crossed the court-yard he turned and saw her still at the door of the dining-room, from which she made him a friendly sign. ...
— The Alkahest • Honore de Balzac
... uninteresting a vessel. She asked him, however, to see if the musicians had found a good place to put their hats and coats, and as there were several musicians, some of whom had not arrived, he was not restored to his nervous and too friendly mate until the charades ...
— Tutors' Lane • Wilmarth Lewis


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