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Friendlies

[frend-lee] Origin

friend·ly

[frend-lee] adjective, -li·er, -li·est, adverb, noun, plural -lies.
adjective
1.
characteristic of or befitting a friend; showing friendship: a friendly greeting.
2.
like a friend; kind; helpful: a little friendly advice.
3.
favorably disposed; inclined to approve, help, or support: a friendly bank.
4.
not hostile or at variance; amicable: a friendly warship; friendly natives.
5.
Computers. user-friendly.
adverb
6.
Also, friend·li·ly. in a friendly manner; like a friend.

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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
noun
7.
a person who is in sympathetic relationship to oneself or one's side; one who shows no hostility.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English frendly, Old English frēondlīc. See friend, -ly

friend·li·ness, noun
pre·friend·ly, adjective


1. companionable, neighborly. 2. kindly, amiable, cordial, genial, affectionate, kind-hearted. 3. benevolent, well-disposed, helpful, favorable; advantageous, propitious.


3. antagonistic.

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friendly
O.E. freondlic; see friend + -ly (1). Related: Friendliness.
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