adjective, -li⋅er, -li⋅est, adverb, noun, plural -lies.| 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. |
| 6. | Also, friend⋅li⋅ly. in a friendly manner; like a friend. |
| 7. | a person who is in sympathetic relationship to oneself or one's side; one who shows no hostility. |