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neighbourly US, neighborly [ˈneɪbəlɪ] adj
kind, friendly, or sociable, as befits a neighbour neighbourliness US, neighborliness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
neighbourly adjective helpful, kind, social, civil, friendly, obliging, harmonious, amiable, considerate, sociable, genial, hospitable, companionable, well-disposed I invited them to dinner as a neighbourly gesture of goodwill. Translations neighbourly [ˈneɪbərli] neighborly (US) adj (= friendly) [person] → accueillant(e); [behaviour] → de bon voisin; [place] → accueillant(e) a neighborly gesture → un simple geste de bon voisinage to be neighbourly → être bon(ne) voisin(e) in a neighbourly way → en bon voisin Many older people help each other in a neighbourly way with shopping or other chores → De nombreuses personnes plus âgées s'entraident, en bons voisins, pour les courses et autres tâches. neighbourly, (US) neighborly adj person → nachbarlich; action, relations → gutnachbarlich; they are neighbourly people → sie sind gute Nachbarn neighbourly neighborly (Am) [ˈneɪbəlɪ] adj (action) → da buon vicino; (feelings) → amichevole people here aren't very neighbourly → la gente qua non ha il senso del vicinato neighbourly neighborly (Am) [ˈneɪbəlɪ] adj (action) → da buon vicino; (feelings) → amichevole people here aren't very neighbourly → la gente qua non ha il senso del vicinato How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Instead of a man who had more cunning than honest folks could come by, and, what was worse, had not the inclination to use that cunning in a neighbourly way, it was now apparent that Silas had not cunning enough to keep his own. It gave to his intentions whatever of decision was wanting before; and he finally resolved, that it would be absolutely unnecessary, if not highly indecorous, to do more for the widow and children of his father, than such kind of neighbourly acts as his own wife pointed out. " And, looking from the poop where we both stood (I had paid him a neighbourly call in dock), he added: "She's one of them. |
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