friendly

«friendly» in Mova's school dictionary: Kind and pleasant to others; behaving like a friend — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (friendly, friendlier, friendliest); noun (a friendly — a friendly match, UK)

meaning for a pupil

1) Kind and pleasant to others; behaving like a friend. tree →

2) Of an animal: gentle and not likely to attack. tree →

3) Not harmful to something: eco-friendly, child-friendly, user-friendly. tree →

4) A noun (UK sport): a match that is not part of a competition. tree →

sense in the lessons

In manners lessons: being friendly — smile, say hello, include others, share. In safety: a friendly-seeming stranger is still a stranger; a dog that looks friendly may still bite — ask the owner before stroking. In science: «environmentally friendly» choices like recycling. Phrases: friendly to someone, be friendly with, friendly face, eco-friendly, child-friendly, user-friendly, a friendly match.

examples

• Our new neighbours are very friendly. tree →
• Always ask the owner if a dog is friendly before you stroke it. tree →
• She gave me a friendly smile. tree →
• A friendly face helps when you are new. tree →
• Recycling is eco-friendly. tree →
• The museum is child-friendly. tree →
• A stranger may seem friendly, but don't go anywhere with them. tree →
• We played a friendly against the other school. tree →
• In comfortable rooms they encounter hospitality and friendly faces. tree →

note

It ends in -ly but is an adjective, not an adverb: «He is friendly» (not «He talked friendly» — say «in a friendly way»). Comparisons: friendlier, friendliest. Opposite: unfriendly.

In the corpora

• A welcome card from new neighbours is a friendly hello, and getting on with neighbours makes life easier.
• A friendly word early stops a big row later.
• Neighbours sometimes disagree about hedges, fences, noise or rubbish, and most disputes are solved by a friendly chat.
• Newcomers are busy and tired; the friendly thing is to say hello first instead of deciding they are «stuck up».
• Breakfast-show presenters are paid professionals working from a running order and an earpiece; the friendly chat is planned.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «friendly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.