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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
friendly
I.adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a friendly chat
▪ New students sometimes just need to have a friendly chat with someone.
a friendly gesture
▪ Ella bought him a drink as a friendly gesture.
a friendly grin
▪ Sam greeted her with a friendly grin.
a friendly match (=not part of a competition)
▪ Fitness is still important in friendly matches.
a friendly/pleasant environment
▪ The restaurant offers a stylish and friendly environment with first-class service.
a relaxed/friendly/informal atmosphere
▪ Helen's flat has a very relaxed atmosphere.
a warm/friendly smile
▪ Peter Leary welcomed Rachel with a warm smile.
a warm/friendly welcome
▪ You can be sure of a warm welcome.
environmentally friendly
friendly rivalry
▪ The two players have developed a friendly rivalry.
friendly society
friendly
▪ He had begun to establish friendly relations with his co-workers.
friendly/harmonious
▪ My friendly relationship with Scott’s family continued after his death.
pleasant/relaxing/friendly etc ambience
▪ The restaurant’s new owners have created a welcoming ambience.
warm and friendly
▪ The Hungarian people are warm and friendly.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
environmentally
▪ In short, Sangenic is the most modern, most environmentally friendly and most economic way to dispose of disposable nappies!
▪ In some cases, the materials are not environmentally friendly.
▪ Neither does canned food provide an environmentally friendly option for preserving food.
▪ We must move towards environmentally friendly agriculture.
▪ A number of misleading claims are made by companies suggesting that their products are environmentally friendly when clearly they are not.
▪ The environmentally friendly solution is, therefore, to do nothing.
▪ And as you don't need chemicals, it's environmentally friendly, and saves you money.
▪ Proctor and Gamble, for example, suddenly announced that its disposable nappies were environmentally friendly.
more
▪ Also, the importance of signs was stressed to make the whole area more friendly.
▪ She spoke more quietly now, almost in a murmur, and her tone grew more friendly.
▪ I've never lived anywhere more friendly, homely or relaxing.
▪ Now make the tone more friendly.
▪ Wasps are more friendly to the environment than the chemicals used to kill them.
▪ This story is usually told by engineers working to make computers more friendly, more humane, more people centered.
▪ In a recommended offer, the parties and their advisers will co-operate on a more friendly basis.
▪ We had become a little more friendly.
quite
▪ His eyes were frank, his features regular and his expression quite friendly.
▪ Some had been hostile but others were quite friendly.
▪ He was quite friendly really - for a foreigner.
▪ After all, relations between neighbouring vets can sometimes be quite friendly.
▪ He has grown quite friendly with a red setter and its woman, in a polite sort of way.
▪ He had become quite friendly with the family - one brother ran the leather, the other the boot and shoe shop.
so
▪ Because the teachers are so friendly there is a good atmosphere for getting on with your work.
▪ By Nebraska, the farms and ranches are so friendly they come right up to the interstate and nuzzle your car.
▪ I mean Micky just seemed so nice, so friendly and, in a strange way, so lonely.
▪ He is so friendly, in fact, I want to call the cops.
▪ Since Christmas they had not been so friendly.
▪ Some friendly and some, not so friendly.
▪ All that beautiful silver and the linen, which was fresh every time, and the staff were so friendly.
very
▪ But they were very friendly, and sang songs and told her many stories about their lives.
▪ And the people were so very friendly, so hospitable.
▪ They had been alone, Earle had been drunk, and Simon had been very, very friendly.
▪ He was always very friendly with everyone here.
▪ He's very friendly toward people and usually lets anyone pick him up and stroke him, even when he's eating.
▪ Some people wanted me to visit them and were very friendly.
▪ Usually he's very friendly to me, but sometimes he seems to enjoy hurting me.
▪ The result is a very friendly room without the formality so often associated with many dining areas.
■ NOUN
atmosphere
▪ The aim is to create a relaxed, friendly atmosphere which will encourage people to buy.
▪ It was a relaxed occasion, as it was intended to be, in which to discuss differences in a friendly atmosphere.
▪ The same leisured friendly atmosphere prevailed among the crowds in the park.
▪ Level of service is exceptional combining a warm, friendly atmosphere with real old-world charm and high standards of modern facilities.
▪ There are free buses to ferry you from hotel to cable-car stations and the town has a warm, friendly atmosphere.
▪ Small holiday groups and plenty of good staff create a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, rich with local interest.
▪ There's a hugely noisy and friendly atmosphere inside.
face
▪ Tasker was in his late thirties, with a flat, friendly face and short, black hair.
▪ She made a friendly face at me.
▪ To see a familiar, friendly face in a room full of strangers was very pleasant and we were soon exchanging news.
▪ He recognized several friendly faces among them.
▪ He scrutinised the crowd, looking for a friendly face.
▪ No clothes, no food, no friendly face and no way of escape!
▪ The operator will then look up, puzzled, and see your friendly face as you ask her to repeat the amount.
fire
▪ Few details were released of the precise circumstances of the friendly fire incidents which caused the casualties.
▪ Wednesday he re-introduced Kevin Pollak, injured and disfigured by friendly fire in the Gulf War.
▪ But what really hurts is the friendly fire.
▪ One step forward.New hope for truth about the victims of friendly fire.
manner
▪ His light-hearted and friendly manner enabled him to put over a very strong sales pitch without a hint of strain.
▪ They divorced in an amiable and friendly manner.
▪ The calm, friendly manner of Mr Major and his ministers has impressed their colleagues.
▪ The expert system can do all the mundane operations and still interface with the user in a most friendly manner.
▪ For example, if I perceive you to be friendly, then I am likely to act in a friendly manner towards you.
▪ Cyril saw Ellen coming and began to scratch his forearm in a friendly manner.
▪ We could go about it in a friendly manner then - like people who have just met.
▪ As compensation for his lack of height and pebble glasses, he was gifted with a charming smile and a friendly manner.
people
▪ The Yugoslavs are a friendly people who are eager to please and will always be happy to help you.
▪ Mike and Arlene were eager to please, decent, good, friendly people.
▪ This lovely and interesting area with it's friendly people will make a welcoming break - at any time of year.
▪ Even friendly people, if you invited them to try, couldn't climb very far.
▪ The City Hall reverberated with gaiety and laughter, delightful music, wonderful food, and so many lovely and friendly people.
place
▪ Steam on the kitchen window cuts off the railway lines, making the tiny kitchen for once a friendly place.
▪ Under the influence of a pint of caffeine the world seemed a friendlier place.
▪ The centre is a friendly place run by the Williams family and is open all year except December.
▪ She hits four of five and suddenly the world is a friendly place again.
▪ The Cottars Kitsch cottage atmosphere but a friendly place popular for pub snacks.
▪ I hope that my new home will be very much a friendly place for others.
▪ He says that Ross is a friendly place.
▪ For as long as I can remember it has always been a tidy, clean, friendly place.
relationship
▪ Hernandez has a friendly relationship with Champigny's Catholic priests and deacons.
▪ I have a friendly relationship with tons of reporters.
▪ At the moment we maintain an easy, friendly relationship.
▪ Both Nunn and Solomon stressed the mutual benefits of a friendlier relationship.
▪ My friendly relationship with Shaheen continued until his death in 1984.
▪ I believe that doctors and patients can have a friendly relationship.
▪ Was she implying to herself that she didn't want anything to spoil the new friendly relationship that had arisen that evening?
▪ I had known this lady for many years and could claim to have had a friendly relationship with her.
rivalry
▪ Physical closeness in the temple workshops may have stimulated friendly rivalry to produce ever-finer works and thus stimulated technical and artistic development.
▪ They've been racing each other for years and have developed a friendly rivalry.
▪ The weekend was pronounced a success by the crew, who are still nurturing friendly rivalries.
service
▪ This is a simple pensione where old fashioned virtues of friendly service and warm hospitality have not been forgotten.
▪ We got more flights, cheaper flights, better food, friendlier service and virtually a zero wait for luggage.
▪ The Howtowdie Intimate atmosphere, excellent menu and friendly service.
▪ The Ferretti family have a reputation for providing good food and friendly service.
▪ Family run, the Fleidingerhof offers friendly service and great facilities.
▪ These pleasing establishments offer comfortable accommodation with friendly service.
▪ We need to carry on in our supporting role, offering a reliable, efficient and friendly service.
▪ It is clean and comfortable, with pleasant and friendly service.
smile
▪ We will miss her friendly smile, sense of humour, wit, and conversation.
▪ He is soft-spoken, bearded, with a friendly smile and an ability to laugh at himself.
▪ What can have teeth, of course, even if it is concealed by a friendly smile, is aid.
▪ Tension can be reduced and warmth increased with soft, warm hellos, friendly smiles, and long, affectionate hugs.
▪ Finally my hostess, Mrs Knelle, and a theatre-going friend, Mrs Molloy, approached me with friendly smiles.
▪ He is a small, quiet man, with a friendly smile and a firm handshake.
▪ He gave me a friendly smile.
society
▪ To the latter end he was also responsible for establishing a savings bank at Workington, and for various friendly societies.
▪ That system and the friendly societies were needed to keep doctors in business at all in the poorest areas of the industrial cities.
▪ For some time we have been promised legislation to reform the laws on friendly societies.
▪ By the end of the nineteenth century the friendly societies were also in financial trouble.
▪ Their friendly society status means that they have no shareholders in the normal sense of the term.
▪ Personal pensions are offered by insurance companies, banks, building societies, unit trusts and friendly societies.
▪ These illustrations should not be used as a basis for comparing similar policies issues by other life assurance companies or friendly societies.
way
▪ The sisters found him a loner, difficult to relate to in a normal friendly way.
▪ Jasper and I watched them for a while, and they summoned us, in a friendly way, to join them.
▪ I flashed back in a friendly way and we fled.
▪ They grinned at her in an easy, friendly way and she returned their smiles.
▪ They get up to 150 pounds an acre for farming in a more environmentally friendly way.
▪ Then in your friendly way you start a cross-examination.
welcome
▪ The Reisch is well known for its excellent standards of service and friendly welcome.
▪ Cramped wooden benches, a friendly welcome for regulars and improbably large plates of home-made pies, omelettes, grills and chips.
▪ The staff pride themselves on offering a friendly welcome and helpful service.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
as friendly/cheerful/miserable etc as ever
▪ The lads were as cheerful as ever but guarded, like the possessors of unwelcome news.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Friendly relations between the two countries have continued through this difficult time.
▪ A friendly voice answered the phone.
▪ Ella was very friendly, and I liked her immediately.
▪ Fontaine said that he was leaving the company on very friendly terms.
▪ Misha was being very friendly today.
▪ One surprise was how friendly everyone was to us on our travels.
▪ The hotel staff were very friendly and helpful.
▪ The restaurant had good food and a friendly atmosphere.
▪ Tighter laws are needed to prevent manufacturers from falsely claiming their products are environment friendly.
▪ You're lucky to work in such a friendly office.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And the people were so very friendly, so hospitable.
▪ Cyril saw Ellen coming and began to scratch his forearm in a friendly manner.
▪ Hernandez has a friendly relationship with Champigny's Catholic priests and deacons.
▪ Instead, the friendly green thumbs at Tucson Botanical Gardens choose to throw open their gates for free.
▪ Ken and Cliff were fair-haired, friendly, and talked a lot.
▪ She was friendly, which was unusual for stars of the day.
▪ The Howtowdie Intimate atmosphere, excellent menu and friendly service.
▪ We had not yet met Odd-Knut, but his voice was friendly and competent.
II.noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ By the end of the 32/33 season, the club was well placed to progress from friendlies to Junior League soccer.
▪ Expectation had been rampant throughout June but, come the pre-season friendlies of August, football fever had reached dizzy heights.
▪ Lawrence will announce a series of pre-season friendlies next week, with the standard tougher than last year.
▪ Meanwhile the Deesiders have fixed up four attractive preseason friendlies against football league opposition at Holywell Road.
▪ None of the friendlies would have been able to see let alone reach them under the dense canopy where they went down.
▪ Normally it was helpful, but this time, with the friendlies on the ground, they could not fire back.
▪ The games on the site are divided into two categories: friendlies and tournaments.
▪ The team will play friendlies from April, with the league starting on 15 May.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Friendly

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.

  2. Appropriate to, or implying, friendship; befitting friends; amicable.

    In friendly relations with his moderate opponents.
    --Macaulay.

  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.
    --Addison.

    Syn: Amicable; kind; conciliatory; propitious; favorable. See Amicable.

Friendly

Friendly \Friend"ly\, adv. In the manner of friends; amicably; like friends. [Obs.]
--Shak.

In whom all graces that can perfect beauty Are friendly met.
--Beau. & Fl.

Friendly

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.

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

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
friendly

Old English freondlic "well-disposed, kindly;" see friend (n.) + -ly (1). Related: Friendlily; friendliness. As an adverb Old English had freondliche, but by 14c. as the inflections wore off in English it had become indistinguishable from the adjective. Probably owing to that it is rare in modern use; friendfully (mid-15c.) and the correct but ungainly friendlily (1670s) never caught on.

Wiktionary
friendly

a. 1 Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character. 2 Inviting, characteristic of friendliness. 3 Having an easy relationship with something, as in user-friendly etc. 4 Without any hostility. 5 Promoting the good of any person; favourable; propitious. 6 (context military English) Of or pertaining to friendlies (''friendly'' noun sense 2, below). Also applied to other bipolar confrontations, such as team sports 7 (context number theory English) Being or relating to two or more natural numbers with a common abundancy. adv. (context now rare English) In a friendly manner, like a friend. n. 1 (context sports English) A game which is of no consequence in terms of ranking, betting etc. 2 A person or entity on the same side in a conflict.

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WordNet
friendly

  1. adj. characteristic of or befitting a friend; "friendly advice"; "a friendly neighborhood"; "the only friendly person here"; "a friendly host and hostess" [ant: unfriendly]

  2. favorably disposed; not antagonistic or hostile; "a government friendly to our interests"; "an amicable agreement"

  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]

  5. [also: friendliest, friendlier]

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Gazetteer
Friendly, MD -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Maryland
Population (2000): 10938
Housing Units (2000): 3636
Land area (2000): 6.792703 sq. miles (17.593019 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 6.792703 sq. miles (17.593019 sq. km)
FIPS code: 30575
Located within: Maryland (MD), FIPS 24
Location: 38.750064 N, 76.974267 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Friendly, MD
Friendly
Friendly, WV -- U.S. town in West Virginia
Population (2000): 159
Housing Units (2000): 70
Land area (2000): 0.095536 sq. miles (0.247436 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.095536 sq. miles (0.247436 sq. km)
FIPS code: 29404
Located within: West Virginia (WV), FIPS 54
Location: 39.514888 N, 81.061011 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 26146
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Friendly, WV
Friendly
Wikipedia
Friendly

Friendly may refer to:

Friendly (musician)

Friendly (Andrew Kornweibel) is a breaks’ producer and DJ. Originally from Australia he is now based in London.

Friendly's debut album, Hello Bellybutton (released on his own Gulp Communications label), was nominated for Best Dance Release at the 1998 ARIA Music Awards. The follow-up album, Akimbo' debuted at #20 on the Australian albums chart.

Friendly (surname)

Friendly is the surname of:

  • Alfred Friendly (1911-1983), American journalist and editor
  • David T. Friendly (born 1956), American film producer
  • Ed Friendly (1922-2007), American TV producer
  • Fred W. Friendly, former president of CBS News
  • Henry Friendly, judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • Michael Friendly (born 1945), a professor of psychology at York University in Ontario, Canada
  • Phil Friendly (born 1977), American rockabilly and country rock musician
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Usage examples of "friendly".

David and Deborah his manner remained always the same, jestingly ironic, scornfully loquacious, lovingly friendly of a sudden, then for a day, two days, a week utterly silent, while his eyes roved, his ears were acock listening for a step.

The new liberal constitution of Venezuela having gone into effect with the universal acquiescence of the people, the government under it has been recognized and diplomatic intercourse with it has opened in a cordial and friendly spirit.

Greedy Senators, who saw a way to make extra money on the side if a friendly Adjutor could quietly shave a few thousand out of a budget and funnel the funds elsewhere?

The Earl of Aberdeen and the whole Peelite section of the cabinet were believed to be too friendly to the czar, and adopting a policy unworthy of English greatness and of English honour.

Clodius Afer in a tone so dry that the tribune was not sure whether the veteran was being sarcastic or just making conversation on a subject about which he was willing to be friendly.

He noted distances from friendly forts, fuel supplies, possible landing areas and traced the known route of the escaping Afghanis to the last known point nearly half-way along the Khyber.

Friendly One as well as the frigate aft on the seaward side of the pier.

Lady Afy, and tell her how much I regret I cannot avail myself of her most friendly invitation.

From her friendly attitude it was clear she did not connect Aganippe with the nomads.

Drawing the blankets back over Seregil, he turned and surprised Alec with an almost friendly grin.

Retreating meekly to his corner, Alec was quickly ignored dgity all but plain Stamie, who seemed to be the only friendly inhabitant of the place.

For a while the conversation had been lively and friendly, and Ana had sat on her barstool, sipping her Coke and basking in the new ambiance.

Stray cannonballs, aimed too high, howled overhead, while others, aimed too low, skipped across the surface of the water and crashed into the friendly ships anchored alongside them.

A novel and important question, involving the extent of the maritime jurisdiction of Spain in the waters which surround the island of Cuba, has been debated without reaching an agreement, and it is proposed, in an amicable spirit, to refer it to the arbitrament of a friendly power.

But the avionics resisted targeting a friendly, now with his IFF on, and that would work in his favor as well.