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Welcoming (adjective)
hospitable, accessible and cordial.
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Welcoming (noun)
An act of giving welcome.
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Friendly (adjective)
Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character.
“Your cat seems very friendly.”
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Friendly (adjective)
Inviting, characteristic of friendliness.
“He gave a friendly smile.”
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Friendly (adjective)
Having an easy or accepting relationship with something.
“a user-friendly software program”
“a dog-friendly café”
“the use of environmentally friendly packaging”
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Friendly (adjective)
Without any hostility.
“a friendly competition”
“a friendly power or state”
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Friendly (adjective)
Promoting the good of any person; favourable; propitious.
“a friendly breeze or gale”
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Friendly (adjective)
Of or pertaining to friendlies (friendly noun sense 2, below). Also applied to other bipolar confrontations, such as team sports
“The soldier was killed by friendly fire.”
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Friendly (adjective)
Being or relating to two or more natural numbers with a common abundancy.
“friendly numbers;”
“friendly pairs;”
“friendly n-tuples”
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Friendly (adjective)
Not damaging to, or compatible with (the compounded noun)
“The cobbled streets aren’t very bike-friendly.”
“Organic farms only use soil-friendly fertilisers.”
“Our sandwiches are made with dolphin-friendly tuna.”
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Friendly (noun)
A game which is of no consequence in terms of ranking, betting etc.
“Even as friendlies, derbies often arouse strong emotions”
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Friendly (noun)
A person or entity on the same side in a conflict.
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Friendly (adverb)
In a friendly manner, like a friend.
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Friendly (adjective)
kind and pleasant
“she gave me a friendly smile”
“they were friendly to me”
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Friendly (adjective)
(of a person) on good or affectionate terms
“I was friendly with one of the local farmers”
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Friendly (adjective)
(of relations) not in conflict
“we want friendly relations with all countries”
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Friendly (adjective)
not seriously or unpleasantly competitive or divisive
“friendly rivalry between the two schools”
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Friendly (adjective)
(of a game or match) not forming part of a serious competition.
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Friendly (adjective)
denoting something that is adapted for or is not harmful to a specified thing
“child-friendly policies”
“an environment-friendly agronomic practice”
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Friendly (adjective)
favourable or serviceable
“no one noticed her as she slipped out—it was a friendly night”
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Friendly (adjective)
(of troops or equipment) of, belonging to, or allied with one’s own forces
“the risk of blowing up friendly forces is minimized”
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Friendly (noun)
a game or match that does not form part of a serious competition
“England will play two friendlies in Sardinia”