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ADJECTIVE friendly COMPARATIVE friendlier SUPERLATIVE friendliest
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friendly English

Meaning friendly meaning

What does friendly mean?
Definitions in simple English

friendly

If someone is friendly they are willing to become a friend, or they act like they are a friend.

friendly

In war a friendly is someone on your side.

friendly

characteristic of or befitting a friend friendly advice a friendly neighborhood the only friendly person here a friendly host and hostess inclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile a government friendly to our interests an amicable agreement of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally in friendly territory he was accidentally killed by friendly fire easy to understand or use user-friendly computers a consumer-friendly policy a reader-friendly novel troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces friendlies came to their rescue

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Examples friendly examples

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Simple sentences

People who wait on you here are very friendly.
Our neighbors are very friendly.
Be friendly whenever possible. It is always possible.
Hungarians are friendly people.
Everyone was friendly.
You must be friendly with your neighbors.
Most dogs are inclined to be friendly.
The inhabitants of the island are friendly.
The policeman talked to the children in as friendly a manner as he could.
Don't worry. He may look intimidating at first glance, but he's actually a very friendly person.
This is a friendly reminder about an overdue invoice.
We had a friendly talk with the gentleman.
My boyfriend is smart, handsome, and friendly too.
We should keep up friendly relations with neighboring countries.
The uncle gave me a friendly piece of advice.
The Chinese are a friendly people.
We have established friendly relations with the new government of that country.
At one time we were enemies, but we've buried the hatchet and we are now on friendly terms with each other.
Americans are very friendly people.
So friendly was his letter that she was deeply moved and began to cry.
A horse is a friendly animal.
He is very friendly, so I enjoy working with him.
He looks very friendly, but I suspect him all the same.
He gave me a piece of friendly advice.
He seems to be friendly.
He is a friendly person.

Movie subtitles

Oh, and, some, you know, friendly advice - you should get into the habit of locking your place up when you leave.
The weather's nice. People are friendly.
If I'm being honest with myself, I have been cheating for a while, probably since I decided to pursue a friendship with you, knowing that my feelings were not entirely friendly.
The most popular theory sees him as an advanced contact in the smuggling of war materials to America-friendly countries, like Georgia.
Fatal accidents, drowning, friendly fire.
Mr Carl Laemmle feels it would be a little unkind to present this picture without just a word of friendly warning.
It's extraordinary how friendly you can make a lot of people on a couple of bottles of beer.
That's the last thing i want to be. I only want to be friendly.
Always friendly, such an agreeable fellow.
He was friendly to me as no man ever was.
Why there Benedict, he seems friendly enough.
THE AMBASSADOR'S HERE ON A FRIENDLY VISIT.
WE BOTH FELT A FRIENDLY CONFERENCE WOULD SETTLE EVERYTHING PEACEFULLY.
Make him a friendly speech.
In case of an encounter with the friendly people.
A friendly dinner.
I just wanted to have a friendly talk.
You are very friendly with a lady perhaps the same one that you are expecting tonight.
It sounded kind of friendly.
The quickest way to fix that is to put a little lead in the friendly cat. Did the runners spot it?
Father, without prejudice. would you say that was a friendly noise?
That was friendly of someone.
He is on a friendly visit.
I've asked the ambassador to come, because we both felt that a friendly conference would settle everything peacefully.
That is our good and friendly neighbor!
Special thanks to the US, the UK and China for showing us the friendly and peaceful spirit of the WOC.
Let me give you a friendly suggestion.
For the fist time in a long time Ola received the Braaten family in a friendly manner.
This is merely a friendly warning that any usher caught chewing gum during the performance of duty will be dismissed.
You don't wanna be friendly, huh?
She's a very nice, friendly young lady.
I know your candidate will forgive my referring to him. by the friendly nickname by which he's already known. in anticipation, mark you. at Westminster.
You wouldn't like to be just a little bit more friendly, would you?
Impetuous, friendly, enthusiastic, guileless.
He offered me a friendship that I appreciated. for he was not friendly to all.

News and current affairs

More importantly, not only in the German team, but also in the country as a whole, a young, cool, laid-back, and carefree Germany is raising its head - a Germany that is cosmopolitan, friendly, and good-humored.
Such a tax is the most flexible and market-friendly approach, and would have the least impact on economic growth.
Flooding their economies with liquidity, maintaining export-friendly exchange rates, and spending to employ workers directly and boost the supply of safe savings vehicles have made the Great Recession in East Asia less dire than it has been elsewhere.
Second, it is possible, though not easy, to choose fiscal-consolidation packages that are more growth-friendly than others.
Instead, the US has selected Wall Street bankers and politicians, presumably to ensure that the Bank's policies are suitably friendly to US commercial and political interests.
Debt-friendly stimulus might be regarded as nothing more than a collective decision by all of us to spend more to jump-start the economy.
Some form of debt-friendly stimulus might ultimately appeal to voters if they could be convinced that raising taxes does not necessarily mean hardship or increased centralization of decision-making.
Fiat controls one of Italy's great newspapers, Corriere della Sera, which may become more friendly to Berlusconi with an ownership change approved by him.
Bush was right to call on friendly Arab states to contribute to an Israeli-Palestinian peace.
Beyond Gaza, the rise of political Islam in the Arab Spring countries, particularly Egypt and Tunisia, has created a more Hamas-friendly neighborhood.
The G-8's seven democratic countries should use the St. Petersburg summit as an opportunity to reaffirm their will to develop close and friendly relations with Russia.
He turned Venezuela and Ecuador, which had long been safe havens for the FARC, into friendly neighbors willing to bring an end to the archaic tradition of revolutionary wars.
These developments, of course, follow from the US-led invasion of Iraq, which turned a vague and distant threat into an imposing neighbor whose intentions towards Syria's Baathist regime are anything but friendly.
Early in the 1990s, India moved away from the dozy statist system bequeathed by Nehru by adopting market-friendly policies.
Other elements of Lee's plan include construction of eco-friendly transportation networks, such as high-speed railways and hundreds of kilometers of bicycle tracks, and generating energy using waste methane from landfills.
With the larger part of the outstanding stock in friendly hands, and institutional bondholders pressed to liquidate their positions in the midst of the post-Lehman Brothers selloff, the operation was a success.
The smart and friendly teenagers were eager to learn how to surf the Internet, just installed in their school.
During the US-Belgium match, emails flew fast and thick across the family network, with lots of friendly rivalry.
But, despite past US administrations' opportunity to make their influence felt, they preferred to permit Israel, an allied, friendly state, to do what it wanted.
For example, it could lead to more environmentally friendly and resource-efficient uses of natural resources, or to investment in services that are more responsive to human needs and better attuned to human interaction.
In America and the West, many will probably regard Rowhani as the friendly face of the Islamic Republic, whereas Ahmadinejad was its true - because more radical - embodiment.
One way to ensure that a friendly regime holds sway in Kabul after the US withdrawal would be to introduce into the governing structure a group with close ties to Pakistan.
But US foreign policy had been notable for a China-friendly approach long before that.
Without technology-friendly regulations and public policies, no amount of donations or technical training will make much of a difference.
It is to be hoped that the group of friendly nations can help design an innovative solution to Venezuela's standoff.

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