[
US
/ˈfɹɛndɫi, ˈfɹɛnɫi/
]
[ UK /fɹˈɛndli/ ]
[ UK /fɹˈɛndli/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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characteristic of or befitting a friend
friendly advice
the only friendly person here
a friendly host and hostess
a friendly neighborhood -
inclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile
a relaxed environment well-disposed to the appreciation of good food and fine wine
well disposed to the good order and happiness of the United States
a government friendly to our interests -
easy to understand or use
user-friendly computers
a consumer-friendly policy
a reader-friendly novel -
of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally
in friendly territory
he was accidentally killed by friendly fire
NOUN
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troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces
friendlies came to their rescue
How To Use friendly In A Sentence
- The art world can be a profoundly unfriendly and unbalanced place. Times, Sunday Times
- New antioxidants include ferulic acid, idebenone, ubiquinone coenzyme Q10, alpha lipoic acid, and resveratrol and are already making their way into our friendly neighborhood counters. You Being Beautiful
- Urging fellow MPs to buy ozone-friendly products, she said failure to do so would leave the world without an ozone layer. ANC Daily News Briefing
- Thence in comparison to pricey couches, hammocks are more user-friendly.
- The Zambia soccer squad winds up its camping in South Africa with a friendly game against Orlando Pirates in Johannesburg today.
- A doctor with whom you have a good, communicative and friendly relationship is a rare beast.
- I didn't really like this new Annabelle at all: she wasn't her old friendly self, she was hostile, brash and rude and she clearly held a large grudge towards me.
- This kid friendly fairy tale about an unsightly ogre was both heartwarming and very funny.
- I based myself at Ibsen's, an art-filled eco-friendly hotel on fashionable Nansensgade, an easy walk from the city center and after viewing artwork at the National Gallery of Denmark, I lunched at Aamann's, specializing in a modern take on the traditional open-faced Danish sandwich called the smorrebrod. Jill Fergus: Copenhagen Dining Beyond Noma
- Paul Brown Stadium opened in 2000 after years of friendly persuasion and arm-twisting.