Meaning

8 senses
  1. Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character.

    Your cat seems very friendly.

    freundlich

    дружелю́бныйdruželjúbnyj, приве́тливыйprivétlivyj, любе́зныйljubéznyj

    люб'я́знийljubʺjáznyj, ласка́вийlaskávyj, дружелю́бнийdruželjúbnyj

  2. Inviting, characteristic of friendliness.

    He gave a friendly smile.

    freundlich

    дру́жественныйdrúžestvennyj, дру́жескийdrúžeskij, това́рищескийtováriščeskij

    дру́жнійdrúžnij, при́ятельськийprýjatelʹsʹkyj

    characteristic of or befitting a friend

  3. Having an easy or accepting relationship with something.

    a user-friendly software program

    a dog-friendly café

    easy to understand or use

  4. (in compounds)Compatible with, or not damaging to (the compounded noun).

    The cobbled streets aren't very bike-friendly.

    Organic farms only use soil-friendly fertilisers.

  5. Without any hostility.

    a friendly competition

    a friendly power or state

    дру́жественныйdrúžestvennyj, това́рищескийtováriščeskij, прия́тельскийprijátelʹskij

  6. Promoting the good of any person; favourable; propitious.

    a friendly breeze or gale

  7. (usually)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.

  8. Being or relating to two or more natural numbers with a common abundancy.

    friendly

    friendly pairs

Examples

884 sentences
  1. These animals are very friendly, too.

    Ці тварини є також дуже привітними. — ChickenKiev

    ruЭти животные также очень дружелюбны. — marafon

  2. I always try to be friendly.

    Я завжди намагаюся бути дружнім. — deniko

  3. What you did wasn't very friendly.

    Те, що ти зробив, не було дуже дружелюбним. — deniko

  4. Tom isn't being very friendly, is he?

    Том не дуже дружелюбний, еге ж? — deniko

  5. Tom isn't as friendly as Mary is.

    Том не такий дружелюбний, як Мері. — deniko

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
approachable, warm:
Русский
By meaning 2
approachable, warm:
characteristic of friendliness:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
approachable, warm:

Origin

From Middle English frendly, freendly, frendely, frendlich, from Old English frēondlīċ, fr

From Middle English frendly, freendly, frendely, frendlich, from Old English frēondlīċ, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndlīkaz, equivalent to friend + -ly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian früntelk, fjuntelk (“friendly”), West Frisian freonlik (“friendly”), Dutch vriendelijk (“friendly”), German Low German fründelk, frünnelk (“friendly”), German freundlich (“friendly”). Doublet of friendlike.

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Forms

friendlier/more friendly, friendliest/most friendly

Synonyms

19 synonyms

Antonyms

6 antonyms

Word family

26 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • are very friendly
  • a very friendly
  • a friendly guy
  • very friendly to
  • friendly person
  • friendly guy
  • to be friendly
  • a friendly person
  • is a friendly
  • as friendly as
  • on friendly terms
  • friendly terms with

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
friendly — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto