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friendlily

friendlily adverb: in a friendly manner; like a friend; warmly; kindly.

Adverb

friendlily (comparative more friendlily, superlative most friendlily)

  1. (rare) In a friendly manner; like a friend; warmly; kindly.
    • Her still small smile teased him and her grey eyes looked at him friendlily from under the slight droop of her lids.1929, Josephine Tey, The Man in the Queue
    • Friendlily, because he felt well-disposed toward the world —his setting had been at D –he patted her bare, pale shoulder.1968, Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
    Synonyms:
    friendly

Synonyms of friendlily

Forms of friendlily

comparativemore friendlily
superlativemost friendlily

Origin of friendlily

From friendly + -ly.

Questions about friendlily

What does friendlily mean?
Friendlily means in a friendly manner; like a friend; warmly; kindly.
What part of speech is friendlily?
Friendlily is an adverb.

Words near friendlily in the dictionary

  1. friendlies
  2. friendliest
  3. friendlihead
  4. friendlihood
  5. friendlike
  6. friendlily
  7. friendliness
  8. friendlinesses
  9. friendling
  10. friendlings
  11. friendlist

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