a. | 1. | Having the temper and disposition of a friend; disposed to promote the good of another; kind; favorable. |
2. | Appropriate to, or implying, friendship; befitting friends; amicable. | |
3. | Not hostile; | |
4. | Promoting the good of any person; favorable; propitious; serviceable; | |
adv. | 1. | In the manner of friends; amicably; like friends. |
n. | 1. | A friendly person; - usually applied to natives friendly to foreign settlers or invaders. |
2. | (Mil.) A member of one's own military forces, or of allied forces. |
Adj. | 1. | friendly - characteristic of or befitting a friend; "friendly advice"; "a friendly neighborhood"; "the only friendly person here"; "a friendly host and hostess" Antonyms: unfriendly - not disposed to friendship or friendliness; "an unfriendly coldness of manner"; "an unfriendly action to take" |
2. | friendly - favorably disposed; not antagonistic or hostile; "a government friendly to our interests"; "an amicable agreement" | |
3. | friendly - easy to understand or use; "user-friendly computers"; "a consumer-friendly policy"; "a reader-friendly novel" Antonyms: unfriendly - not easy to understand or use; "user-unfriendly" | |
4. | friendly - of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally; "in friendly territory"; "he was accidentally killed by friendly fire" Antonyms: hostile - not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally; "hostile naval and air forces" |