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/frɛndli/

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adjective
inclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile
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"a government friendly to our interests"

Similar:

well-disposed well disposed amicable
adjective
characteristic of or befitting a friend
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"friendly advice" "a friendly neighborhood" "the only friendly person here" "a friendly host and hostess"

Similar:

couthie hail-fellow hail-fellow-well-met informal intimate matey neighborly neighbourly pally palsy-walsy social affable amiable chummy companionate comradely cordial couthy cozy genial

Opposite:

unfriendly
adjective
easy to understand or use
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"user-friendly computers" "a consumer-friendly policy" "a reader-friendly novel"
Opposite:

unfriendly
noun
troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces
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Opposite:

hostile

type of:
troops military personnel soldiery
of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally
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"in friendly territory" "he was accidentally killed by friendly fire"
Opposite:

hostile

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