Definition of FRIENDLY

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”).

Antonyms

brusque, hostile, non-friendly, nonfriendly, standoffish, unfriendly

Scrabble Score: 15

friendly is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
friendly is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
friendly is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

friendly is a valid Words With Friends word