friendly
characteristic of or befitting a friend
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,499 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 12,202 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- characteristic of or befitting a friend friendly advicea friendly neighborhood
- inclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile also: well-disposed, well disposed a government friendly to our interestswell disposed to the good order and happiness of the United States
- easy to understand or use user-friendly computersa consumer-friendly policy
- of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally in friendly territoryhe was accidentally killed by friendly fire
noun
- troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces friendlies came to their rescue
friendly in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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I want fellows to be friendly to me.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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Why have you been friendly with people like--like that Spaniard?
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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Emily herself solved the problem, producing her commonplace with a friendly tentative smile.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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Only the beautiful Princess rejoiced over Ferko’s success, and looked on him with friendly glances, which the youth returned.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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All day he urged his weary horse, And, in the red sundown, Drew rein before a friendly door In distant Berwick town.
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1