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How to use friendliness in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun

Friendliness means the quality of being friendly. Example: “He visited the king under the pretense of friendliness.”

Examples of friendliness by meaning

nounThe quality of being friendly.

  • To foreigners we often seem guileless and overchatty, an impression which is dispersed when they find that much of our friendliness is just the ebullition of the moment and does not carry with it any permanence of devotion.1923 February 11, Mme. X. [pseudonym], “News of Chicago Society: Now That War’s Over, On with Full Dress, Men”, in The Chicago Sunday...

More sentences with friendliness

  • He visited the king under the pretense of friendliness.From the entry pretense
  • We were greeted with Texaslike friendliness.From the entry Texaslike
  • It has the friendliness of scouse, but is much softer and more charming.2020 November 20, Hannah Jane Parkinson, “From melodic scouse to Adele's cockney – I love the UK's regional accents”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry scouse
  • As an aro-ace college student, Sarah sometimes worries that her friendliness might be taken as flirtation.2018 December 5, Miriam Francisco, “'Sounds Fake but Okay': Asexuality on Campus”, in The Michigan Daily, The University of Michigan, page…. From the entry aro-ace
  • “May I help you?” he asked with friendliness of a brother craftsman.1912 August, Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews, “The Scarlet Ibis”, in Scribner’s Magazine, volume LII, number 2, Charles Scribner’s Sons, page…. From the entry m'sieur
  • The season’s main attraction, the felicities of the sun, dimmed in the light of our competition and our growing friendliness.2007 August 7, Joshua Ferris, “Table for two”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived…. From the entry felicity
  • What, for example, constitutes a unit of friendliness?1999, Ziva Kunda, Social Cognition: Making Sense of People, page 80. From the entry unitize
  • Friendliness and gentleness also apply to self.1993, Linda Eyre, Richard Eyre, Teaching Your Children Values. From the entry selfsecure
  • Adam was not above feeling flattered by friendliness in dogs.1930, Evelyn Waugh, chapter V, in Vile Bodies, New York: Back Bay Books, published 1999. From the entry cordiality
  • Puggle proponents say these dogs have the very best qualities of both Beagles and Pugs: the Beagle′s cheerful friendliness, and the Pug′s lower activity level and laid-back attitude.2009, Eve Adamson, Beagles, page 12. From the entry puggle

Meaning of friendliness

  1. noun The quality of being friendly.

Full definition of friendliness

Questions about friendliness in a sentence

How do you use friendliness in a sentence?
Friendliness is used as a noun. For example: “He visited the king under the pretense of friendliness.”
What is a short sentence with friendliness?
“We were greeted with Texaslike friendliness.”
What does friendliness mean?
Friendliness means the quality of being friendly.

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