kindly, welcoming, cordial, amicable, like a friend; affectionate and trusting; like a friend; (Computer) user-friendly, easy to use
in a friendly manner, like friend
person who displays no enmity
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Friendly Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Friendly Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(adv.)
In the manner of friends; amicably; like friends.
In the manner of friends; amicably; like friends.
(a.)
Promoting the good of any person; favorable; propitious; serviceable; as, a friendly breeze or gale.
Promoting the good of any person; favorable; propitious; serviceable; as, a friendly breeze or gale.
(a.)
Not hostile; as, a friendly power or state.
Not hostile; as, a friendly power or state.
(a.)
Having the temper and disposition of a friend; disposed to promote the good of another; kind; favorable.
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutAppropriate to, or implying, friendship; befitting friends; amicable.
friendly
\friend"ly\, n. a friendly person; -- usually applied to natives friendly to foreign settlers or invaders. these were speedily routed by the friendlies, who attacked the small force before them in fine style. n. bennett. [
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\friend"ly\, adv. in the manner of friends; amicably; like friends. [obs.] in whom all graces that can perfect beauty are friendly met. & fl.
friendly
\friend"ly\, a. [as. freéndlīce.]
1. having the temper and disposition of a friend; disposed to promote the good of another; kind; favorable.
2. appropriate to, or implying, friendship; befitting friends; amicable. in friendly relations with his moderate opponents.
3. not hostile; as, a friendly power or state.
4. promoting the good of any person; favorable; propitious; serviceable; as, a friendly breeze or gale. on the first friendly bank he throws him down.
similar words(2)
friendly islands
user-friendly
Adjective
1. characteristic of or befitting a friend; "friendly advice"; "a friendly neighborhood"; "the only friendly person here"; "a friendly host and hostess"
(antonym) unfriendly
(similar) affable, amiable, cordial, genial
(see-also) amicable
(attribute) friendliness
2. favorably disposed; not antagonistic or hostile; "a government friendly to our interests"; "an amicable agreement"
(similar) amicable
3. easy to understand or use; "user-friendly computers"; "a consumer-friendly policy"; "a reader-friendly novel"
(antonym) unfriendly
(classification) combining form
4. of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally; "in friendly territory"; "he was accidentally killed by friendly fire"
(antonym) hostile
Friendly Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
Friendly Ice Cream Corporation
Exchange: AMEX
Owns, operates and franchises full-service restaurants and cafes; And manufactures a complete line of packaged frozen desserts.
Exchange: AMEX
Owns, operates and franchises full-service restaurants and cafes; And manufactures a complete line of packaged frozen desserts.
Friendly Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
A contact positively identified as friendly. See also hostile.
Source: U.S. Department of Defense, Joint Doctrine Division. ( About )Friendly Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Friendly means acting in a non-threatening manner toward and/or showing kindness to someone, as a friend would behave. Thus friendly implies a mode of friendship as distinct from amiable or genial. Professional service is expected to be amiable or genial but not necessarily friendly. The opposite is unfriendly or even hostile.
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