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[ US /ˈfɹɛndɫi, ˈfɹɛnɫi/ ]
[ UK /fɹˈɛndli/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. characteristic of or befitting a friend
    friendly advice
    the only friendly person here
    a friendly host and hostess
    a friendly neighborhood
  2. 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
  3. easy to understand or use
    user-friendly computers
    a consumer-friendly policy
    a reader-friendly novel
  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
NOUN
  1. troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces
    friendlies came to their rescue
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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.
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