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Friendly   /frˈɛndli/  /frˈɛnli/   Listen
adjective
Friendly  adj.  
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."
Synonyms: Amicable; kind; conciliatory; propitious; favorable. See Amicable.


noun
Friendly  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."
2.
(Mil.) A member of one's own military forces, or of allied forces.


adverb
Friendly  adv.  In the manner of friends; amicably; like friends. (Obs.) "In whom all graces that can perfect beauty Are friendly met."





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"Friendly" Quotes from Famous Books



... in the islands is here concluded from the preceding volume. He finds the Mindanaos friendly to the English, but distrustful of the Dutch and Spaniards. They are ingenious and clever in metal-work, and with very primitive tools and appliances make excellent utensils and ship-repairs; another industry of theirs is shipbuilding. The English ship remains about a week on the southern shore of ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898--Volume 39 of 55 • Various
... with the young people there in Middleford. He was always a favorite, at home, at school, everywhere. Mother idolized him while she lived, so did I, so did Babbie. He was fond of society and the set he was friendly with was made up, for the most part, of older men with much more money than he. He was proud, he would not accept favors without repaying them, he liked a good time, perhaps he was a little fast; not dissipated—I should have known if he were that—but—careless—and ...
— Shavings • Joseph C. Lincoln
... nothing to your well-earned and firmly-established fame; and with my most hearty admiration of your talents, and delight in your conversation, you are already acquainted. In availing myself of your friendly permission to inscribe this poem to you, I can only wish the offering were as worthy your acceptance as your regard ...
— Life of Lord Byron, Vol. III - With His Letters and Journals • Thomas Moore
... weed and an impudent intruder. For myself, I love the spectacle of stone walls breaking out into flower with red valerian and ivy-leaved toad-flax. The country people have greeted these flowers with comic and friendly names. Valerian they call "drunken sailor," and the ivy-leaved toad-flax that blossoms in a thousand tiny blue butterflies from the stones has (so prolific it is) been given the nickname of "mother of thousands." ...
— The Pleasures of Ignorance • Robert Lynd
... Freydisa when we stood beneath the light of the friendly stars. "I know nothing; ...
— The Wanderer's Necklace • H. Rider Haggard


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