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neighbourly

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neighbourly US, neighborly [ˈneɪbəlɪ]
adj
kind, friendly, or sociable, as befits a neighbour
neighbourliness  US, neighborliness n
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Adj.1.neighbourly - exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor
friendly - characteristic of or befitting a friend; "friendly advice"; "a friendly neighborhood"; "the only friendly person here"; "a friendly host and hostess"

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 neighborly (US) [ˈneɪbəlɪ] ADJ [person] → amable; [attitude] → de buen vecino, amable
she was full of neighbourly concernera de lo más atenta
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 personnachbarlich; action, relationsgutnachbarlich; they are neighbourly peoplesie 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


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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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