- (a.) Having the temper and disposition of a friend; disposed to promote the good of another; kind; favorable.
- (a.) Not hostile; as, a friendly power or state.
- (a.) Promoting the good of any person; favorable; propitious; serviceable; as, a friendly breeze or gale.
- (adv.) In the manner of friends; amicably; like friends.
- (a.) Appropriate to or implying, friendship; befitting friends; amicable.
- (n.) A friendly person; -- usually applied to natives friendly to foreign settlers or invaders.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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