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friendly

UK/ˈfɹɛnd.li/ US/ˈfɹɛn.li/ common

adjective

1.

characteristic of or befitting a friend

  • “friendly advice”
  • “a friendly neighborhood”
  • “the only friendly person here”
  • “a friendly host and hostess”
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2.

favorably disposed; not antagonistic or hostile

  • “a government friendly to our interests”
  • “an amicable agreement”
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3.

easy to understand or use

  • “user-friendly computers”
  • “a consumer-friendly policy”
  • “a reader-friendly novel”
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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”
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Origin

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”). Doublet of friendlike.

Phrases

  • ecologically friendly
  • find a friendly bush
  • friendly amendment
  • friendly fire
  • friendly fraud
  • friendly giant
  • Friendly Hills
  • Friendly Islands

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