friendly

Definition

  • noun: a game between sports teams that is done for fun and not as part of a regular playing season
  • noun: one that is friendly
  • adjective: acting like a friend
  • adjective: of, relating to, or befitting a 'friend'
  • usually + 'to' or 'toward'
  • synonyms: propitious, kind, favorable

Examples

  • Several soldiers were killed by 'friendly fire'. [=they were accidentally killed by weapons fired from their own side]

  • environmentally 'friendly' products = eco-'friendly' products [=products that do not harm the environment]

  • They are 'friendly with' their new neighbors. [=they are friends with their new neighbors]

Movie quotes

  • (..) The truth is clear to those who see. Just as I could see you had this child. Let's go. Out of the car. Turn around. Just a friendly warning... ...I'll be back with people who know what they're doing. Before you do that, Chris, I wanna tell you about Officer Bennett. Few years back, some wacko, (..)
    2006 Silent Hill