friendly

English

/ˈfɹɛndli/

adj
Definitions
  • Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character.
  • Inviting, characteristic of friendliness.
  • Having an easy or accepting relationship with something.
  • Without any hostility.
  • Promoting the good of any person; favourable; propitious.
  • (military) Of or pertaining to friendlies (friendly noun sense 2, below). Also applied to other bipolar confrontations, such as team sports
  • (number theory) Being or relating to two or more natural numbers with a common abundancy.
  • (in compounds) Compatible with, or not damaging to (the compounded noun).

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English frendly inherited from Old English frēondlīċ inherited from Proto-Germanic *frijōndlīkaz affix from English friend.

Origin

English

friend

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