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fiendly

fiendly adjective: hostile.

Adjective

fiendly (comparative more fiendly, superlative most fiendly)

  1. (obsolete) Hostile.
  2. (archaic) Like a fiend; devilish.

Forms of fiendly

comparativemore fiendly
superlativemost fiendly

Origin of fiendly

From Middle English fendly, feendly (“hostile, devilish”), from Old English fēondliċ (“hostile”), corresponding to fiend + -ly. Cognate with Dutch vijandelijk (“hostile”), German feindlich (“hostile”), Danish fjendtlig (“hostile”), Swedish fiendtlig, fientlig (“hostile”).

Words formed from fiendly

Questions about fiendly

What does fiendly mean?
Fiendly means hostile.
What part of speech is fiendly?
Fiendly is an adjective.

Words near fiendly in the dictionary

  1. fiendkins
  2. fiendlike
  3. fiendliness
  4. fiendling
  5. fiendlings
  6. fiendly
  7. fiendom
  8. fiends
  9. fiendship
  10. fiendy
  11. Fiene

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