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FRIENDLY
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Irregular inflected forms: friendlier , friendliest
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces
Example:
friendlies came to their rescue
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("friendly" is a kind of...):
military personnel; soldiery; troops (soldiers collectively)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Antonym:
hostile (troops belonging to the enemy's military forces)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characteristic of or befitting a friend
Example:
a friendly host and hostess
Classified under:
Similar:
social (marked by friendly companionship with others)
neighborly; neighbourly (exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor)
cozy; informal; intimate (having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere)
couthie; couthy ((chiefly Scottish) agreeable and genial)
comradely; hail-fellow; hail-fellow-well-met (heartily friendly and congenial)
companionate (like a companion)
chummy; matey; pally; palsy-walsy ((used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals)
affable; amiable; cordial; genial (diffusing warmth and friendliness)
Also:
congenial (suitable to your needs)
gracious (characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit)
hospitable (disposed to treat guests and strangers with cordiality and generosity)
amicable (characterized by friendship and good will)
social (living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups)
sociable (inclined to or conducive to companionship with others)
warm (psychologically warm; friendly and responsive)
Attribute:
friendliness (a friendly disposition)
Antonym:
unfriendly (not disposed to friendship or friendliness)
Derivation:
friend (a person you know well and regard with affection and trust)
friendliness (a friendly disposition)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally
Example:
he was accidentally killed by friendly fire
Classified under:
Antonym:
hostile (not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Easy to understand or use
Example:
a reader-friendly novel
Classified under:
Adjectives
Domain usage:
combining form (a bound form used only in compounds)
Antonym:
unfriendly (not easy to understand or use)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Inclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile
Example:
a relaxed environment well-disposed to the appreciation of good food and fine wine
Synonyms:
friendly; well-disposed; well disposed
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
amicable (characterized by friendship and good will)
Derivation:
friendliness (a feeling of liking for another person; enjoyment in their company)
Context examples:
Lip-lip was White Fang's own kind, and, being only a puppy, did not seem dangerous; so White Fang prepared to meet him in a friendly spirit.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
“So,” said he, “here's Jim Hawkins, shiver my timbers! Dropped in, like, eh? Well, come, I take that friendly.”
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
On the one hand, thanks to its capillary properties and morphology, it is possible to design highly user-friendly devices.
(Scientists design devices to calculate the concentration of potassium in water, of creatinine in urine, or glucose in blood using smartphone technology, University of Granada)
The team plans to next probe whether non-classical MHC molecules recognize friendly microbes on the skin of other mammals, including humans, and similarly benefit tissue repair.
(Scientists find microbes on the skin of mice promote tissue healing, immunity, National Institutes of Health)
Probiotics are living organisms found naturally in some foods that are also known as good or friendly bacteria because they fight against harmful bacteria and prevent them from settling in the gut.
(Anxiety May Be Alleviated by Changing Gut Bacteria, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
It is the mark of a modest man to accept his friendly circle ready-made from the hands of opportunity; and that was the lawyer’s way.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
He put a hand upon each of my shoulders in a very friendly way and looked me up and down.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
For the sake of the sister I was friendly with the brothers.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The team developed an ultrafiltration membrane using graphene oxide and bacterial nanocellulose that they found to be highly efficient, long-lasting and environment-friendly.
(Novel Technology Uses Bacteria for Cleaning Water, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
And young and old, noble and squire, gentle and simple, came at once on the summons; and among the rest came the friendly dwarf, with the sugarloaf hat, and a new scarlet cloak.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
