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1. Characteristic of or befitting a friend
   "friendly advice"; "a friendly neighbourhood"; "the only friendly person here"; "a friendly host and hostess"
    
2. Inclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile
   "a government friendly to our interests"
   - favorable [US], well-disposed, favourable [Brit, Cdn]
    
3. Easy to understand or use
   "user-friendly computers"; "a consumer-friendly policy"; "a reader-friendly novel"
    
4. Of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally
   "in friendly territory"; "he was accidentally killed by friendly fire"

1. Troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces
   "friendlies came to their rescue"

Derived forms: friendlier, friendlies, friendliest

See also: affable, amiable, amicable, chummy, companionate, comradely, congenial, cordial, cosy [Brit, Cdn], couthie, couthy, cozy [N. Amer], friend, friendliness, genial, gracious, hail-fellow, hail-fellow-well-met, hospitable, informal, intimate, matey [Brit], maty [Brit], neighborly [US], neighbourly [Brit, Cdn], pally, palsy-walsy, sociable, social, warm

Type of: military personnel, soldiery, troops

Antonym: hostile, unfriendly

Encyclopedia: Friendly, MD Friendly Friendly, Maryland Friendly, West Virginia Friendly, WV