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"Kind and warm"

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈfɹɛnd.li/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted defilnryStarts with FEnds with Y1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. characteristic of or befitting a friend

Word origin

From Middle English frendly, freendly, frendely, frendlich, from Old English frēondlīċ, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndlīkaz, equivalent to friend + -ly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian früntelk, fjuntelk (“friendly”), West Frisian freonlik (“friendly”), Dutch vriendelijk (“friendly”), German Low German fründelk, frünnelk (“friendly”), German freundlich (“friendly”). Doublet of friendlike.

Used in a sentence

  • Your cat seems very friendly.
  • Our friendliest carmates are a family from Armenia taking a vacation from the Georgian war.
  • He gave a friendly smile.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

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