friendlily

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friend·ly

(frĕnd′lē)

adj. friend·li·er, friend·li·est

a. Characteristic of or behaving as a friend: a friendly greeting; is friendly with his neighbors.

b. Outgoing and pleasant in social relations: a friendly clerk.

c. Favorably disposed; not antagonistic: a government friendly to our interests.

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.

c. Informal Low in amount relative to a standard or regular circumstance. Often used in combination: carbohydrate-friendly.

adv.

In the manner of a friend; amicably.

n. pl. friend·lies Informal

One fighting on or favorable to one's own side: "You're the only friendly we have there right now" (Tom Clancy).

friend′li·ly adv.

friend′li·ness n.

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She stood there, thinking of her own destiny, and the elder ladies talked on, until they had talked themselves into a decision to ask the young woman to luncheon, and tell her, very friendlily, how such behavior appeared to women like themselves, who knew the world.

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Except for some stir it the branches and the flight of four startled magpies; there was neither life nor sound about the square house, but it looked out of its long windows most friendlily.

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