friendly
Meanings
Plural: friendlies
Noun
- troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces
- A game which is of no consequence in terms of ranking, betting, etc.
- A person or entity on the same side as one's own in a conflict.
Adjective
- characteristic of or befitting a friend
- "friendly advice"
- "a friendly neighborhood"
- "the only friendly person here"
- "a friendly host and hostess"
- easy to understand or use
- "user-friendly computers"
- "a consumer-friendly policy"
- "a reader-friendly novel"
- of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally
- "in friendly territory"
- "he was accidentally killed by friendly fire"
Adjective Satellite
- inclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile
- "a government friendly to our interests"
Adj
- Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character.
- Inviting, characteristic of friendliness.
- Having an easy or accepting relationship with something.
- Compatible with, or not damaging to (the compounded noun).
- Without any hostility.
- Promoting the good of any person; favourable; propitious.
- Of or pertaining to friendlies (friendly noun sense 2, below). Also applied to other bipolar confrontations, such as team sports.
- Being or relating to two or more natural numbers with a common abundancy.
Adv
- In a friendly manner; like a friend.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English frendly, freendly, frendely, frendlich, from Old English frēondlīċ, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndlīkaz, equivalent to friend + -ly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian früntelk, fjuntelk (“friendly”), West Frisian freonlik (“friendly”), Dutch vriendelijk (“friendly”), German Low German fründelk, frünnelk (“friendly”), German freundlich (“friendly”).
Synonyms
affectionate, amiable, amicable, amicably, chummy, companionable, congenial, cordial, facile, familiar, favorable, friendlily, friendly, genial, hospitable, matey, personable, simpatico, welcoming, well-disposed
Antonyms
brusque, hostile, non-friendly, nonfriendly, standoffish, unfriendly
Scrabble Score: 15
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