different between enamoured vs friendly

English

Pronunciation

Adjective

enamoured (comparative more enamoured, superlative most enamoured)

1. Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada spelling of enamored

Synonyms

• head over heels
• twitterpated

Verb

enamoured

1. simple past tense and past participle of enamour

Usage notes

• One is usually enamored of something, or less commonly enamored with something.

Anagrams

• demeanour

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f??ndli/, /?f??nli/

Etymology 1

From Middle English frendly, freendly, frendely, frendlich, from Old English fr?ondl??, from Proto-Germanic *frij?ndl?kaz, 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”).

Adjective

friendly (comparative friendlier or more friendly, superlative friendliest or most friendly)

1. Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character.
2. Inviting, characteristic of friendliness.

3. Having an easy or accepting relationship with something.

4. Without any hostility.
5. Promoting the good of any person; favourable; propitious.

   • On the first friendly bank he throws him down.

6. (military) Of or pertaining to friendlies (friendly noun sense 2, below). Also applied to other bipolar confrontations, such as team sports
7. (number theory) Being or relating to two or more natural numbers with a common abundancy.

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

Antonyms

• hostile
• unfriendly

Hyponyms

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Translations

Noun

friendly (plural friendlies)

1. (sports) A game which is of no consequence in terms of ranking, betting etc.

   This match is merely a friendly, so don't worry too much about it.
2. A person or entity on the same side in a conflict.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English frendly, frendliche, from Old English fr?ondl??e (“in a friendly manner”), equivalent to friend +? -ly.

Adverb

friendly (comparative more friendly, superlative most friendly)

1. (archaic) In a friendly manner, like a friend.

Synonyms

• amicably, friendlily

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