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friendly
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)
- Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character.
- Inviting, characteristic of friendliness.
- Having an easy or accepting relationship with something.
- Without any hostility.
- Promoting the good of any person; favourable; propitious.
- On the first friendly bank he throws him down.
- (military) Of or pertaining to friendlies (friendly noun sense 2, below). Also applied to other bipolar confrontations, such as team sports
- (number theory) Being or relating to two or more natural numbers with a common abundancy.
- (in compounds) Compatible with, or not damaging to (the compounded noun).
Antonyms
- hostile
- unfriendly
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
friendly (plural friendlies)
- (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.
- 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)
- (archaic) In a friendly manner, like a friend.
Synonyms
- amicably, friendlily
Translations
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afable
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Adverb
afable
- kindly, affably, nicely
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin aff?bilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?fable/, [a?fa.??le]
Adjective
afable (plural afables)
- affable, friendly
Derived terms
- afablemente
Related terms
- afabilidad
Further reading
- “afable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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