friendly
6 definitions found
friendly - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Friendly \Friend"ly\, adv.
In the manner of friends; amicably; like friends. [Obs.]
--Shak.
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In whom all graces that can perfect beauty
Are friendly met. --Beau. & Fl.
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Friendly \Friend"ly\, a. [AS. fre['e]ndl[imac]ce.]
1. Having the temper and disposition of a friend; disposed to
promote the good of another; kind; favorable.
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2. Appropriate to, or implying, friendship; befitting
friends; amicable.
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In friendly relations with his moderate opponents.
--Macaulay.
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3. Not hostile; as, a friendly power or state.
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4. Promoting the good of any person; favorable; propitious;
serviceable; as, a friendly breeze or gale.
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On the first friendly bank he throws him down.
--Addison.
Syn: Amicable; kind; conciliatory; propitious; favorable. See
Amicable.
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Friendly \Friend"ly\, n.
1. 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.
--E. N.
Bennett.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. (Mil.) A member of one's own military forces, or of allied
forces.
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friendly - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :
friendly
adj 1: characteristic of or befitting a friend; "friendly
advice"; "a friendly neighborhood"; "the only friendly
person here"; "a friendly host and hostess" [ant:
unfriendly]
2: inclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile; "a
government friendly to our interests"; "an amicable
agreement" [syn: friendly, favorable, well-disposed]
3: easy to understand or use; "user-friendly computers"; "a
consumer-friendly policy"; "a reader-friendly novel" [ant:
unfriendly]
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" [ant: hostile]
n 1: troops belonging to or allied with your own military
forces; "friendlies came to their rescue" [ant: hostile]
friendly - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :
Friendly, MD (CDP, FIPS 30575)
Location: 38.75640 N, 76.96578 W
Population (1990): 9028 (2780 housing units)
Area: 17.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Friendly, WV (town, FIPS 29404)
Location: 39.51290 N, 81.06207 W
Population (1990): 146 (73 housing units)
Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 26146
friendly - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
132 Moby Thesaurus words for "friendly":
accessible, acquainted, affable, affectionate, agreeable,
agreeably, amiable, amiably, amicable, amicably, approachable,
ardently, arm in arm, at home, at home with, beneficent,
benevolent, benign, benignant, brotherly, buddy-buddy, cheerful,
chummy, civil, close, clubbable, clubbish, clubby, comfortable,
comfy, commodious, communicative, companionable, companionate,
compatible, congenial, congenially, contented, convenient,
convivial, cooperative, cordial, cordially, courteous, cozy,
cushioned, cushiony, cushy, demonstrative, devoted, easeful, easy,
familiar, familiarly, favorable, favorably, fit for society,
fond of society, fraternal, friendlike, friendliwise,
friendly with, friends with, generous, genial, genially,
good-natured, gracious, gregarious, hand in hand, harmonious,
heartily, hearty, homelike, homely, homey, homish, hospitable,
intimate, intimately, kind, kindly, kindly-disposed, liberal,
lived-in, loving, luxurious, matey, neighborlike, neighborly,
on good terms, open, openhearted, pally, palsy-walsy, peaceable,
peaceful, plain, pleasant, pleasantly, propitious, receptive,
relaxing, reposeful, restful, roomy, sib, simpatico, simple,
sisterly, snug, sociable, social, social-minded, soft, sympathique,
thick, unhostile, unpretending, unreserved, urbane, warm,
warm-hearted, warmhearted, warmly, welcoming, well-affected,
well-disposed, well-intentioned, well-meaning, well-meant,
with open arms
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