Friendly
Friendly , adjective
[Anglo-Saxon freéndlīce.]
1.
Having the temper and disposition of a friend; disposed to promote the good of another; kind; favorable.
2.
Appropriate to, or implying, friendship; befitting friends; amicable.
In friendly relations with his moderate opponents.
3.
Not hostile; as, a friendly power or state.
4.
Promoting the good of any person; favorable; propitious; serviceable; as, a friendly breeze or gale.
On the first friendly bank he throws him down.
Friendly , adverb
In the manner of friends; amicably; like friends. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare
In whom all graces that can perfect beauty
Are friendly met.
Friendly , noun
1.
A friendly person; -- usually applied to natives friendly to foreign settlers or invaders.
These were speedily routed by the friendlies, who attacked the small force before them in fine style.
2.
(Military) A member of one's own military forces, or of allied forces.