friendly

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English

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Etymology

friend + -ly

Adjective

friendly (comparative more friendly or friendlier, superlative most friendly or friendliest)

  1. Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character.
    Pets must be friendly, working animals rather obedient
  2. Inviting, characteristic of friendliness.
    He gave a friendly smile.
  3. Having an easy relationship with something, as in user-friendly etc.
  4. Without any hostility, as in friendly competition.
  5. (military) Of or pertaining to friendlies (friendly noun sense 2, below). Also applied to other bipolar confrontations, such as team sports
    The soldier was killed by friendly fire.

Antonyms

Derived terms

Adverb

friendly (comparative more friendly, superlative most friendly)

  1. In a friendly manner, like a friend.

Synonyms

Translations

in a friendly manner
  • Armenian: ընկերաբար hy(hy)
  • Danish: venligt da(da)
  • Dutch: vriendelijk, vriendschappelijk
  • Esperanto: amike eo(eo)
  • Estonian: sõbralikult et(et)
  • Finnish: ystävällisesti fi(fi)

Noun

friendly (plural friendlies)

  1. (sports) A game which is of no consequence in terms of ranking, betting etc.
    Even as friendlies, derbies often arouse strong emotions
  2. Person or entity on the same side of a conflict.

Translations

(sports) game
  • Danish: venskabskamp da(da) c.
  • Dutch: vriendschappelijke wedstrijd
  • Finnish: ystävyysottelu fi(fi)
  • French: match amical fr(fr) m.
  • German: Freundschaftsspiel de(de) n.
  • Greek: φιλικός el(el) m. (filikós)
  • Icelandic: vináttuleikur is(is) m.
  • Japanese: 親善試合 ja(ja) (shinzenjiai), フレンドシップマッチ ja(ja) (furendoshippu macchi)
  • Swedish: träningsmatch c., vänskapsmatch c.
someone of the same side
  • Dutch: bevriende (partij/soldaat etc.), bondgenoot m.
  • Finnish: oma fi(fi)
  • Japanese: 味方 ja(ja) (mikata)
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  • Bulgarian: приятелски m., дружески m., приветлив m.
  • Italian: amichevole m. & f.

 

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