friendly
A friendly person is kind and pleasant.
The staff are very friendly and helpful.
If you are friendly to someone or friendly towards someone, you are kind and pleasant to them.
The women had been friendly to Lyn.
Your father is not as friendly towards me as he used to be.
If you are friendly with someone, you like each other and enjoy spending time together.
I became friendly with some of my neighbours.
Friendly is never an adverb. Don't say, for example, ‘He behaved friendly’. You say ‘He behaved in a friendly way’.
We talked to them in a friendly way.
She looked up at Boris, smiling at him in such a friendly way.
Be careful
Don't confuse friendly and sympathetic. If you have a problem and someone is sympathetic or shows a sympathetic attitude, they show that they care and would like to help you.
Don't confuse friendly and sympathetic. If you have a problem and someone is sympathetic or shows a sympathetic attitude, they show that they care and would like to help you.
When I told him how I felt, he was very sympathetic.