Meaning of friendly In English

• 0 behaving in a pleasant, kind way towards someone:

  • a friendly face/smile

  • Our neighbours have always been very friendlyto/towards us.

  • I'm on friendly terms with my daughter's teacher.

  • Are you friendly with (= a friend of) Graham?

  • It's a friendly little restaurant.

  • We were having a friendly argument about politics.

  • The teams are playing a friendly match on Sunday.

• 1 a game that is played for enjoyment and in order to practise, not with the aim of winning points as part of a serious competition:

  • The rugby club has a friendly next week against the Giants.

• 2 used at the end of words to mean "not harmful":

  • ozone-friendly aerosols

  • dolphin-friendly tuna (= fish caught without harming dolphins) .

  • a family-friendly restaurant

• 3 having an attitude or acting in a way that shows that you like people and want them to like and trust you:

  • They were friendly people.

  • She had a bright, friendly smile.

  • It’s a very friendly city.

  • Sometimes an ambassador will get too friendly with the local dictator.

  • user-friendly technology

  • a family-friendly film

• 4 relating to situations in which the owners or directors of a company are willing to sell it to another company that wants to buy it:

  • a friendly merger/offer/takeover The board is seeking a higher price in exchange for entering into a friendly merger agreement.

  • The friendly takeover will instantly force competitors to bring down their prices.

• 5 (often used in compounds) easy to use or suitable for members of a particular group to use:

  • Their website is particularly friendly to use.

  • a customer-friendly bank

  • a child-friendly working environment

  • We need to continue to make the shopping area more pedestrian-friendly.