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friendliness

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friend·ly  (frndl)
adj. friend·li·er, friend·li·est
1. Of, relating to, or befitting a friend: friendly advice.
2. Favorably disposed; not antagonistic: a government friendly to our interests.
3. Warm; comforting.
4.
a. User-friendly.
b. Informal Easy to understand or use for a specified agent. Often used in combination: a reader-friendly novel; a consumer-friendly policy.
adv.
In the manner of a friend; amicably.
n. pl. friend·lies Informal
One fighting on or favorable to one's own side: "If I read this right, you're the only friendly we have there right now" (Tom Clancy).

friendli·ly adv.
friendli·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.friendliness - a feeling of liking for another person; enjoyment in their company
liking - a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment; "I've always had a liking for reading"; "she developed a liking for gin"
amicability, amicableness - a disinclination to quarrel
goodwill, good will - the friendly hope that something will succeed
brotherhood - the feeling that men should treat one another like brothers
unfriendliness - dislike experienced as an absence of friendliness
2.friendliness - a friendly disposition
disposition, temperament - your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition"
affability, affableness, amiableness, bonhomie, geniality, amiability - a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to)
amicability, amicableness - having a disposition characterized by warmth and friendliness
intimacy, familiarity, closeness - close or warm friendship; "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy"
approachability, accessibility - the attribute of being easy to meet or deal with
congeniality - a congenial disposition
amity, cordiality - a cordial disposition
good-neighborliness, good-neighbourliness, neighborliness, neighbourliness - a disposition to be friendly and helpful to neighbors
hospitableness - having a disposition that welcomes guests and is fond of entertaining
kindliness, helpfulness - friendliness evidence by a kindly and helpful disposition
unfriendliness - an unfriendly disposition

friendliness
noun amiability, warmth, sociability, conviviality, neighbourliness, affability, geniality, kindliness, congeniality, companionability, mateyness or matiness (Brit. informal), open arms She loves the friendliness of the people.
Translations
friendliness [ˈfrendlɪnɪs] N
1. (= warmth) → cordialidad f, simpatía f
2. (= friendship) → cordialidad f, amistad f
friendliness [ˈfrɛndlinɪs] n
[person] → attitude f amicale
[expression, voice] → amabilité f
friendliness
nFreundlichkeit f; (of welcome also)Wärme f; (of relations, attitude, advice)Freundschaftlichkeit f
friendliness [ˈfrɛndlɪnɪs] ncordialità
friendliness [ˈfrɛndlɪnɪs] ncordialità


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Sergey Ivanovitch met his brother with the smile of chilly friendliness he always had for everyone, and introducing him to the professor, went on with the conversation.
The friendliness of his disposition made him happy in accommodating those, whose situation might be considered, in comparison with the past, as unfortunate.
One thing the episode had accomplished was to assure me of Sola's friendliness toward the poor girl, and also to convince me that I had been extremely fortunate in falling into her hands rather than those of some of the other females.
 
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