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neighborly

[ ney-ber-lee ]

adjective

  1. having or showing qualities befitting a neighbor; friendly.


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Other Words From

  • neighbor·li·ness noun
  • un·neighbor·li·ness noun
  • un·neighbor·ly adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of neighborly1

First recorded in 1515–25; neighbor + -ly

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Example Sentences

Paul is right that we must deal with the Bundy crisis in the spirit of neighborly forbearance.

There was very little neighborly interaction between the separate fiefdoms of Kensington Palace.

Black orchestrates her outburst of neighborly frustration brilliantly.

A neighborly courtesy is the loaning of the key, to save a neighbor a journey upstairs.

This neighborly custom of sharing meat, when it is to be had for the killing, prevails in the northern woods.

At that, we were sometimes spoken to in neighborly greeting.

You have come a long distance to do a neighborly deed, and that deed has been generously completed.

The look of cold surprise that any one should venture to come near her grief sealed up the fountain of neighborly sympathy.

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