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friendly

  • adjective
  • /ˈfɹɛnd.li/

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

Example

“Your cat seems very friendly.”

Other meanings

  1. inviting, characteristic of friendliness.

    “He gave a friendly smile.”

  2. Having an easy or accepting relationship with something.

    “a user-friendly software program”

Example sentences

  • “The website was anything but user friendly.”

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Word history

From Old English "frēondlīċ".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “friendly” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.