English Online Dictionary. What means friendly? What does friendly mean?
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɹɛnd.li/, /ˈfɹɛn.li/
- Rhymes: -ɛndli, -ɛnli
Etymology 1
From Middle English frendly, freendly, frendely, frendlich, from Old English frēondlīċ, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndlīkaz, equivalent to friend + -ly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian früntelk, fjuntelk (“friendly”), West Frisian freonlik (“friendly”), Dutch vriendelijk (“friendly”), German Low German fründelk, frünnelk (“friendly”), German freundlich (“friendly”).
Adjective
friendly (comparative friendlier or more friendly, superlative friendliest or most friendly)
- Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character.
- Inviting, characteristic of friendliness.
- Having an easy or accepting relationship with something.
- (in compounds) Compatible with, or not damaging to (the compounded noun).
- Without any hostility.
- Promoting the good of any person; favourable; propitious.
- (usually 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.
Antonyms
- hostile
- unfriendly
- non-friendly, nonfriendly
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Translations
Noun
friendly (plural friendlies)
- (sports) A game which is of no consequence in terms of ranking, betting, etc.
- A person or entity on the same side as one's own in a conflict.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English frendly, frendliche, from Old English frēondlīċe (“in a friendly manner”), equivalent to friend + -ly.
Adverb
friendly (comparative more friendly, superlative most friendly)
- In a friendly manner; like a friend.
Synonyms
- amicably, friendlily