FRIENDLY


Meaning of FRIENDLY in English

adj.

1 behaving in a kind/pleasant way

VERBS

▪ appear , be , look , seem , sound

▪ become

ADVERB

▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.

▪ exceptionally , genuinely

Frank was a genuinely ~ guy.

▪ perfectly

He seemed detached, but perfectly ~.

▪ overly , too

He was starting to get too ~ ( = in a sexual way ).

▪ almost

For once he seemed almost ~.

▪ not exactly , not particularly

Her manner was not exactly ~

▪ naturally

PREPOSITION

▪ to , towards/toward

He was always ~ towards/toward me.

2 being friends

VERBS

▪ be , seem

▪ become , get

▪ remain

ADVERB

▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.

They were pretty ~ when they worked together.

PREPOSITION

▪ with

She's very ~ with Maureen.

PHRASES

▪ be on ~ terms (with sb)

We have managed to remain on ~ terms.

3 easy to use/helpful/not harmful

VERBS

▪ be

ADVERB

▪ environmentally

environmentally ~ cleaning products

Friendly is used with these nouns: ↑ atmosphere , ↑ attitude , ↑ banter , ↑ chat , ↑ competition , ↑ confines , ↑ conversation , ↑ country , ↑ disposition , ↑ dog , ↑ embrace , ↑ environment , ↑ face , ↑ fashion , ↑ fire , ↑ fixture , ↑ folk , ↑ force , ↑ gesture , ↑ greeting , ↑ grin , ↑ guy , ↑ hand , ↑ hotel , ↑ hug , ↑ kiss , ↑ letter , ↑ manner , ↑ match , ↑ neighbour , ↑ neighbourhood , ↑ overture , ↑ pat , ↑ pub , ↑ rapport , ↑ reception , ↑ relation , ↑ relationship , ↑ reminder , ↑ rival , ↑ rivalry , ↑ service , ↑ settlement , ↑ shove , ↑ slap , ↑ smile , ↑ territory , ↑ tone , ↑ troops , ↑ voice , ↑ waiter, waitress , ↑ warning , ↑ wave , ↑ way , ↑ welcome , ↑ word

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .