friendly

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈfrɛndli/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈfrɛndli/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(frend′lē)

Inflections of 'friendly' (adj):
friendlier
adj comparative
friendliest
adj superlative
Inflections of 'friendly' (n): npl: friendlies

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
friend•ly /ˈfrɛndli/USA pronunciation   adj., -li•er, -li•est, adv., n., pl. -lies. 
adj. 
  1. characteristic of or appropriate to a friend:a friendly greeting.
  2. kind;
    helpful:a friendly passerby.
  3. sympathetic:nations who are friendly to our cause.
  4. amicable;
    neighborly:a friendly game of softball.
  5. Informal Terms(used after a noun) made easy or pleasant to use, operate, understand, or experience:visitor-friendly museums (= museums that are arranged to be easy or pleasant for visitors to use); a user-friendly computer (= a computer that is easy for the user to operate).

n. [countable]
  1. a person or thing who is friendly.
friend•li•ness, n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
friend•ly  (frend′lē),USA pronunciation adj., -li•er, -li•est, adv., n., pl. -lies. 
adj. 
  1. characteristic of or befitting a friend;
    showing friendship:a friendly greeting.
  2. like a friend;
    kind;
    helpful:a little friendly advice.
  3. favorably disposed;
    inclined to approve, help, or support:a friendly bank.
  4. not hostile or at variance;
    amicable:a friendly warship; friendly natives.
  5. Computinguser-friendly.

adv. 
  1. Also, friend′li•ly. in a friendly manner;
    like a friend.

n. 
  1. a person who is in sympathetic relationship to oneself or one's side;
    one who shows no hostility.
  • Middle English frendly, Old English frēondlīc. See friend, -ly bef. 900
friend′li•ness, n. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged companionable, neighborly.
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged kindly, amiable, cordial, genial, affectionate, kind-hearted.
    • 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged benevolent, well-disposed, helpful, favorable; advantageous, propitious.
    • 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged antagonistic.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
friendly / ˈfrɛndlɪ/ ( -lier, -liest)
  1. showing or expressing liking, goodwill, or trust
  2. on the same side; not hostile
  3. tending or disposed to help or support; favourable: a friendly breeze helped them escape
 ( -lies)
  1. Also called: friendly match a match played for its own sake, and not as part of a competition, etc
ˈfriendlilyˈfriendliness
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
-friendly
  1. helpful, easy, or good for the person or thing specified: ozone-friendly
'friendly' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
-friendly - Airman's Medal - Anglophile - Finlandization - Francophile - Friendly Islands - advances - affable - aggressive - airhead - aloha - amiable - amicable - angle - antisocial - approachable - arm - avuncular - befriend - benefit society - benevolent - blue-on-blue - breach - break - bridgehead - buddy - buddy-buddy - bugger - catalyst - chat - chatty - chummy - club - clubby - cold - comity of nations - common - complacency - conciliate - congenial - convivial - cordial - cosy - court - cousin - coze - cozy - disloyalty - enemy - entente cordiale
Collocations: UK, sport: played a friendly against [Mexico], a friendly [person, man, woman, child, boy, girl], [eat, try] frog legs, more...

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