FRIENDLY

friendly. Friendly, a. kind, favorable, sociable

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Friend″ly, a. [[AS. freéndlīce.]] 1. 1. Having the temper and disposition of a friend; disposed to promote the good of another; kind; favorable.
2. 2. Appropriate to, or implying, friendship; befitting friends; amicable.
In friendly relations with his moderate opponents. Macaulay. 3. 3. Not hostile; as, a friendly power or state.
4. 4. Promoting the good of any person; favorable; propitious; serviceable; as, a friendly breeze or gale.
On the first friendly bank he throws him down. Addison. Syn. — Amicable; kind; conciliatory; propitious; favorable. See Amicable.