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Definition: Friendly |
FriendlyAdjective1. Characteristic or or befitting a friend; "friendly advice"; "a friendly neighborhood"; "the only friendly person here"; "a friendly host and hostess". 2. Favorably disposed; not antagonistic or hostile; "a government friendly to our interests"; "an amicable agreement". 3. (in combination) easy to understand or use; "user-friendly computers"; "a consumer-friendly policy"; "a reader-friendly novel". 4. Of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally; "in friendly territory"; "he was accidentally killed by friendly fire". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "friendly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
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Creating friendly artificial intelligence is an issue at the intersection of ethics and artificial intelligence (AI) research. Friendliness theory has been developed by some researchers as a model for creating safe, moral AI. This theory has been developed by Eliezer Yudkowsky.The theory starts from the supposition that in the future, AIs with intellectual and practical abilites vastly superior to human-equivalent will be created. The problem then becomes how these AIs will behave with human beings, and if they will have a morality (if any) similar to our. Such will be the difference in power that, in Yudkowsky's works, "if the AI stops wanting to be Friendly, you've already lost."
Proponents of friendliness theory make the analogy of raising a teenager; until that person is legally responsible, the parent is responsible for its well-being and for maintaining control and monitoring safety of its actions, and negotiating privileges. Friendliness toward a person goes a long way toward earning their respect; tyranny creates resentment, and causes secretive behaviour. Can a developing mind have a balanced view of its future privileges and responsibilities if it must bear the burden of tyranny?
Critics of the theory point out that there is a political process involved and that the singularity will completely transform power relations in society, and that this strains the analogy. They further point out that government and corporations will not be motivated to produce friendly AI's, and that there are serious flaws in the models.
External links
- The Singularity Institute's page about Friendly AI
- Creating Friendly AI
- What is Friendly AI?
- Critique of the SIAI Guidelines on Friendly AI
- Comments on SIAI's Guidelines for building Friendly AI
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Friendly is a town located in Prince George's County, Maryland. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 10,938.Geography
Friendly is located at 38°45'0" North, 76°58'27" West (38.750064, -76.974267)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 17.6 km² (6.8 mi²). 17.6 km² (6.8 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 10,938 people, 3,506 households, and 2,962 families residing in the town. The population density is 622.0/km² (1,610.3/mi²). There are 3,636 housing units at an average density of 206.8/km² (535.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 13.39% White, 77.67% African American, 0.36% Native American, 5.66% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 0.98% from other races, and 1.87% from two or more races. 2.19% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 3,506 households out of which 38.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.6% are married couples living together, 13.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 15.5% are non-families. 12.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 2.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 3.12 and the average family size is 3.36. In the town the population is spread out with 27.4% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 30.3% from 45 to 64, and 7.0% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 93.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 90.5 males. The median income for a household in the town is $80,214, and the median income for a family is $82,827. Males have a median income of $43,281 versus $42,086 for females. The per capita income for the town is $28,545. 0.4% of the population and 0.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 0.2% are under the age of 18 and 0.5% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Friendly, Maryland."
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Friendly is a town located in Tyler County, West Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 159.Geography
Friendly is located at 39°30'54" North, 81°3'40" West (39.514888, -81.061011)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²). 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 159 people, 62 households, and 47 families residing in the town. The population density is 613.9/km² (1,664.3/mi²). There are 70 housing units at an average density of 270.3/km² (732.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 100.00% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 0.00% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 62 households out of which 30.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.5% are married couples living together, 11.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 22.6% are non-families. 19.4% of all households are made up of individuals and 9.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.56 and the average family size is 2.83. In the town the population is spread out with 22.0% under the age of 18, 5.0% from 18 to 24, 33.3% from 25 to 44, 25.8% from 45 to 64, and 13.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females there are 91.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 90.8 males. The median income for a household in the town is $33,571, and the median income for a family is $34,821. Males have a median income of $37,500 versus $15,000 for females. The per capita income for the town is $15,386. 15.0% of the population and 13.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 12.5% are under the age of 18 and 26.7% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Friendly, West Virginia."
Synonyms: FriendlySynonyms: gracious, social. (additional references) |
| Antonyms: hostile (adj), unfriendly (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Aid | At one's beck, at one's beck and call; friendly, amicable, favorable, propitious, well-disposed; neighborly; obliging; (benevolent). |
Benevolence | Verb: be benevolent; Adjective: have one's heart in the right place, bear good will; wish well, wish Godspeed; view with an eye of favor, regard with an eye of favor; take in good part; take an interest in, feel an interest in; be interested in, feel interested in; sympathize with, empathize with, feel for; fraternize; (be friendly). |
Fatherly, motherly, brotherly, sisterly; paternal, maternal, fraternal; sororal; friendly. | |
Concord | Adjective: concordant, congenial; agreeing;Verb: in accord; Noun: harmonious, united, cemented; banded together; allied; friendly; fraternal; conciliatory; at one with; of one mind; (assent). |
Friendship | Verb: be friendly; Adjective:, be friends; be acquainted with; Adjective: know; have the ear of; keep company with;(sociality); hold communication with, have dealings with, sympathize with; have a leaning to; bear good will; (benevolent); love; make much of; befriend; (aid); introduce to. set one's horses together; have the latchstring out; hold out the right hand of friendship, extend the right hand of friendship, hold out the right hand of fellowship; become friendly; Adjective: make friends; with; break the lee, be introduced to; make acquaintance with, pick acquaintance with, scrape acquaintance with; get into favor, gain the friendship of. |
Friends with, well with, at home with, hand in hand with; on good terms, on friendly terms, on amicable terms, on cordial terms, on familiar terms, on intimate terms, on good footing; on speaking terms, on visiting terms; in one's good graces, in one's good books. | |
Adjective: friendly; amicable, amical; well-affected, unhostile, neighborly, brotherly, fraternal, sympathetic, harmonious, hearty, cordial, warm-hearted. | |
Safety | Unthreatening, harmless; friendly (cooperative). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Take it to a friendly place, that's all. (Pulp Fiction; writing credit: Quentin Tarantino; Roger Avary) I always just hoped that, that I'd meet some nice friendly girl, like the look of her, hope the look of me didn't make her physically sick, then pop the question and, um, settle down and be happy (Four Weddings and a Funeral; writing credit: Richard Curtis) First of all, let's be friendly here (Hoosiers; writing credit: Angelo Pizzo) Your excellency, the ambassador's here on a friendly visit (Duck Soup; writing credit: Bert Kalmar ; Harry Ruby) The harmless squirrel and the friendly rabbit (Caddyshack; writing credit: Brian Doyle-Murray; Harold Ramis) | |
Lyrics | There's lots of those friendly people (Cool Change; performing artist: Little River Band) Neighbours once friendly now stand each side of the line that has been drawn (Both Sides Of The Story; performing artist: Phil Collins) Gotta find a friendly city ("Kansas City"; performing artist: Wilbert Harrison) | |
Clever | Friendly fire isn't. (references; author: unknown) | |
Tongue Twisters | Friendly Frank flips fine flapjacks. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Down to Earth Part I: The Friendly Planet (1973) The Very Friendly Neighbors (1969) Friendly Persuasion (1956) How Friendly Are You? (1951) Casper the Friendly Ghost (1945) | |
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 | Domesticated animals afflicted with dumb rabies may become increasingly depressed, and try to hide in isolated places, while wild animals seem to lose their fear of human beings, often appearing unusually friendly. Credit: CDC. |  | "Friendly Cove, Nootka Sound." Meeting place of the Spanish and English. Latitude 49 34 North, Longitude 126 28.5. In: "A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World" by Captain George Vancouver. Volume I, Plate VII, page 384. Library Call Number G420 .V22 1798. Credit: Treasures of the Library. |
 | "Village of the Friendly Indians at the entrance of Bute's Canal." Latitude 50 24 North, Longitude 124 52 W. In: "A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World" by Captain George Vancouver. Volume I, Plate IV, page 326. Library Call Number G420 .V22 1798. Credit: Treasures of the Library. |  | Tropical flowers like these orchids and anthuriums bring premium prices at nurseries and floral shops around the world. But these beauties are being attacked by insects. ARS scientists are looking for environmentally friendly ways to protect the showy plants. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
 | Feeds a friendly squirrel on the Capitol Grounds, Washington, D.C., in late 1918. Credit: NAVY. |  | Great, though friendly was the rivalry between them. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Two images: first, Uncle Sam and Japanese man in a fist fight and "dogs of war;" second, the same two men bowing to one another with friendly dogs and banner of "Peace" in the distance] / Barth. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Merely a friendly call. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | FSA (Farm Security Administration) farmworkers camp, Friendly Corners, Arizona. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Family of farm workers who live at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm workers' community mobile unit. Friendly Corners, Arizona. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Friendly seagull" by Jim Robinson Commentary: "A seagull on the boardwalk." | "Running cat" by Samy Yang Commentary: "I met some very friendly kittens over the summer at church camp. I fell in love with them.. too bad I couldn't take them with me. But they were kind of wild... I don't think anyone was taking care of them :( I took this picture while one of them was ru" |
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| Author | Quotation |
Author Unknown | Always hold your head up but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level. |
Ben Hogan | I play [golf] with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games. |
Francis Bacon | Nuptial love makes mankind; friendly love perfects it; but wanton love corrupts and debases it. |
Joseph Addison | Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body. |
Logan Pearsall Smith | Fine writers should split hairs together, and sit side by side, like friendly apes, to pick the fleas from each other's fur. |
Plautus | Nothing is there more friendly to a man than a friend in need. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | While making the above reservations the Federal Council declares its readiness to examine in the most friendly spirit any proposals which the French Government may deem it convenient to make on the subject. (reference) |
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Winnie the Pooh | A.A. Milne | 'Because when you have been walking in the wind for miles, and you suddenly go into somebody's house, and he says, "Hallo, Pooh you're just in time for a little smackerel of something," and you are, then it's what I call a Friendly Day.' |
Emma | Austen, Jane | This is quite the season indeed for friendly meetings |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Never, since his infancy, since his mother, since his sister, never had he been greeted with a friendly word or a kind regard |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The preacher began to speak in a quiet friendly tone |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Teach children never to handle unfamiliar animals, wild or domestic, even if they appear friendly. (references) | |
And last but not least, do not play with or handle any rodents that show up at the camping or hiking site, even if they appear friendly. (references) | ||
Business | Another advantage is this kind of transport is environmentally friendly. (references) | |
They are always ready to provide testers of beauty products to make service more consumer friendly. (references) | ||
UV technology provides a proved, accepted and environment friendly method of disinfecting wastewater. (references) | ||
Children | Thailand | Victims' testimony is handled under the provisions of the Child Friendly Procedure Act. (references) |
Qatar | The Supreme Council for Family Affairs, in collaboration with the Ministry of Interior, set up a hotline called the Friendly Line for use by children. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Uruguay | Human rights activists and journalists have alleged that state enterprises such as the telephone and electric companies on occasion have withheld advertising from independent media that are critical of the Government and have favored media friendly to the Government with extensive paid advertising. (references) |
Economic History | Benin | Benin enjoys friendly relations with its neighbors. (references) |
Cote d'Ivoire | U.S.-Ivoirian relations have traditionally been friendly and close. (references) | |
Finland | Finland encourages development of environmentally friendly products. (references) | |
Human Rights | Turkey | In 57 additional cases the Government accepted a friendly settlement and paid $2 million (approximately 2.7 trillion TL); and the ECHR dismissed a further three cases. (references) |
Lebanon | Two of those arrested were referred to the military court and found guilty of insulting the President of the Republic and the president of a neighboring and friendly state. (references) | |
Lebanon | Charges brought by the Military Prosecutor's Office included opposing the policy of the Government, disseminating the principles of an unauthorized political party, jeopardizing the country's relations with a friendly state, using oral and written statements not authorized by the Government, defaming the Syrian army's reputation, organizing meetings and activities of a unauthorized political party, and transmitting false and exaggerated information. (references) | |
Political Economy | Mauritius | Relations between the United States and Mauritius are friendly. (references) |
Tunisia | TUNISIA AND THE UNITED STATES ENJOY FRIENDLY BILATERAL RELATIONS. (references) | |
Honduras | Honduras and the U.S. traditionally have had close and friendly bilateral relations. (references) | |
Trade | Czech Rep | Domestically, the "Czech Made" mark is the award given to products that are judged to be of outstanding quality, environmentally friendly, and favorable to energy consumption. (references) |
Australia | Prudential regulation of banks, insurance companies, superannuation (pension) funds, credit unions, friendly societies and building societies is now the responsibility of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). (references) | |
France | The member states of the European Union are currently developing a European Ecolabel, which would certify products as environmentally friendly across the EU. AFNOR is the issuer of the Ecolabel for products manufactured in, first marketed in, or imported tino France. (references) | |
Travel | Czech Rep | Americans may feel that Czech business people are not warm and friendly. (references) |
Trinidad | Business people are informal and friendly and value personal contact and courtesy. (references) | |
Colombia | Colombians tend to be friendly, straightforward and direct in their business dealings. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Tonga | The Friendly Islands Teachers Association and the Tonga Nurses Association are incorporated under the Incorporated Societies Act. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | EXISTENCE, n. A transient, horrible, fantastic dream, Wherein is nothing yet all things do seem: From which we're wakened by a friendly nudge Of our bedfellow Death, and cry: "O fudge!" |
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Joe Viterelli | Well, really through the back door by accident. I was friends with a director that lived in California when I moved out here. We became friendly and he kept asking me to be in, you know, things that he was directing. |
Rush Limbaugh | So far, Republicans do not have official outside organizations designated to coordinate efforts among their friendly special interests. |
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Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | The assurances, indeed, of friendly disposition received from all the powers with whom we have principle relations had inspired a confidence that our peace with them would not have been disturbed. |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | To give to our vessels of war, public and private, the requisite advantage in their cruises, it is of much importance that they should have, both for themselves and their prizes, the use of the ports and markets of friendly powers. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | Our relations with foreign powers are of a friendly character, although certain interesting differences remain unsettled with some. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | I can not but hope that by the same process of friendly, patient, and persevering deliberation all constitutional objections will ultimately be removed. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Measures have also been taken to enlarge our friendly relations and extend our commercial intercourse with other States. |
Franklin Pierce | 1853-1857 | If in the course of their growth we should open new channels of trade and create additional facilities for friendly intercourse, the benefits realized will be equal and mutual. |
Benjamin Harrison | 1889-1893 | But having fairly obtained them by methods and for purposes entirely consistent with the most friendly disposition toward all other powers, our consent will be necessary to any modification or impairment of the concession. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | They assist friendly and allied nations to develop the capability to defend themselves and maintain their own independence. |
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| "Friendly" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.95% of the time. "Friendly" is used about 4,056 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.95% | 4,054 | 2,426 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.02% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.02% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4,056 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "friendly" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Friendly | Last name | 300 | 28,992 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Japan | Friendly Corporation | USA | Friendly Ice Cream Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Friendly, MD (CDP, FIPS 30575) 2. Friendly, WV (town, FIPS 29404) |
Expressions using "friendly": a friendly turn ♦ artificially friendly ♦ be friendly ♦ be on friendly terms with ♦ be very friendly ♦ become friendly with smb. ♦ establish friendly relations ♦ friendly cooperative ♦ friendly fire ♦ friendly forces ♦ friendly gesture ♦ friendly ice ♦ friendly Islands ♦ friendly relationship ♦ friendly society ♦ friendly takeover ♦ friendly troops ♦ friendly winds ♦ in a friendly fashion ♦ in a friendly manner ♦ in a friendly spirit ♦ in a friendly way ♦ not to be on friendly terms ♦ on a friendly footing ♦ on friendly terms with ♦ ozone friendly ♦ pedestrian friendly design ♦ user friendly ♦ view smb. with a friendly eye. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "friendly": friendly-disposed, friendly-fire, friendly-going-on-gullible, friendly-ish, friendly-looking, friendly-society. | |
Ending with "friendly": child-friendly, cycle-friendly, dog-friendly, dolphin-friendly, eco-friendly, environmentally-friendly, environment-friendly, girl-friendly, over-friendly, ozone-friendly, parent-friendly, pedestrian-friendly, radio-friendly, teacher-friendly, user-friendly. | |
Containing "friendly": eco-friendly product. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "friendly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | vriendelik (affable, good-natured, kind). (various references) | |
Albanian | miqësor (amicable, folksy, gentle, neighborly, neighbourly, pally, United), miqësisht (heartily), mik (boy, boyfriend, buddy, buddy buddy, chap, crony, friend, mate, pal), i favorshëm (advantageous, convenient, fair, favorable, favourable, inclinable, merciful, opportune, propitious), i dashur (affable, affected, affectionate, amiable, baby, beloved, caring, darling, dear, debonair, fond, genial, gentle, good, good natured, kind, kindly, love, pleasant, precious, sweetheart, sweetie, Sweeting, sweety, Truelove, Valentine, warm). (various references) | |
Arabic | مؤات (advantageous, fair, favorable, favourable, happy, kindly, lucky, opportune, propitious, prosperous, ripe), لطيف (affable, agreeable, amiable, benign, bland, charming, civil, civilized, complaisance, complaisant, courteous, courtly, decent, delicate, fair, fair-spoken, fine, genial, gentle, good natured, gracious, handsome, kind, kindly, light, mild, nice, pet, pleasant, polite, poppet, pretty, refreshing, smooth, soft, suave, sweet, tender, tenuous, thin, urbane), ودي (amiable, bluff, brotherly, cordial, fraternal, genial, good natured, heartfelt, hearty, intimate, kind, neighbor, neighborly, neighbour, neighbourly, nice, outgoing, pally, sexy, sympathetic, warm, well disposed), ودود (amiable, chummy, genial, warm-hearted), حميم (bosom, chummy, close, crony, familiar, intimate, near, special, warm), حبي (amicable, loving), على نحو ودي, إجتماعي (gregarious, man about town, public, social, socialite). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | одобрителен (acclamatory, appreciative, approbatory, approving), любезен (accommodating, affable, agreeable, amiable, bland, complaisant, courteous, debonair, fair, fair-spoken, gentle, gracious, kind, mellow, nice, obliging, pleasant, polite, smooth, smooth spoken, smooth tongued, smooth-faced, soft spoken, urbane, well spoken), благосклонен (agreeable, benevolent, favorable, favourable, gracious, propitious, well disposed), приятелски (amicable, maty, neighborly, neighbourly, on good terms, pally, social), дружески (amicable, chummy, gentle, sociable, social). (various references) | |
Catalan | amable (affable, good-natured, kind). (various references) | |
Chinese | 友好 . (various references) | |
Czech | spojenecký, přívìtivý (affable, amiable, mild, well spoken), přátelský (amicable, comradely, cordial, hearty, kind, neighborly, sociable, well disposed), laskavý (affable, amiable, benevolent, benign, benignant, caring, charitable, decent, gentle, good, gracious, kind, kindly, neighborly, obliging, open-hearted, soft), kamarádský (amicable, chummy, comradely). (various references) | |
Danish | venlig (affable, good-natured, kind). (various references) | |
Dutch | vriendelijk (affable, good-natured, in a friendly way, kind, pretty), voorkomend (affable, good-natured, kind, obliging), lief (affable, beloved, dainty, dear, expensive, good-natured, kind, lovable, loved one, lovely, lover, nice, pretty, sweetheart, valuable, well-beloved), aardig (affable, amusing, dainty, entertaining, fair, fairly, funny, good-natured, kind, nice, pretty, rather, relatively, tidy). (various references) | |
Esperanto | amika, afabla (affable, good-natured, kind). (various references) | |
Faeroese | fryntligur (affable, good-natured, kind, obliging), blíður (affable, gentle, good-natured, kind, mild, obliging). (various references) | |
Finnish | ystävällinen (affable, amicable, good-natured, kind, kindly). (various references) | |
French | amical, aimable, gentil, affable. (various references) | |
Frisian | freonlik (affable, good-natured, kind), aardig (affable, considerable, good-natured, kind, sizable). (various references) | |
German | freundlich (affable, amicable, befriending, benign, benignant, benignly, boonly, bright, charitably, cheerful, companionable, companionably, congenial, cordial, cordially, favorable, favourable, genial, genially, gentle, good-natured, jovial, kind, kindly, Matey, pleasant, pleasantly, sociable, suave, suavely, sympathetic), freundliche (affably, benignantly), freundschaftlich (amicable, amicably, Matey), befreundetem. (various references) | |
Greek | φιλικόσ (amicable, chummy, kindly, neighborly, neighbourly), φιλικός (amiable, amicable, genial, neighbourly). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מיודע (acquainted), ידידותי (amiable, brotherly, homey, intimate, neighborly, neighbourly, pally, well disposed), חברותי (gregarious, outgoing, sociable, social). (various references) | |
Hungarian | baráti (amicable, informal), nyájas (affable, benign, bland, comely, complacent, complaisant, endearing, gentle, good-natured, kind, meek, placid, suave, sweet), kedves (affable, amiable, beloved, bland, comely, darling, dear, ducky, expensive, gentle, good-natured, kind, lady love, likable, lovable, loveable, lovely, lover, loving, marrow, mild, nice, paramour, suave, sweet, Valentine, valuable), barátságos (affable, amicable, common, cosy, cozy, genial, good tempered, homely, matey, neighborly, neighbourly, nice, open armed, snug, sociable, suave), kedvező (approbation, clement, congenial, expedience, expediency, fair, favorable, favourable, fortunate, preferential, prosperous, subservient), jóindulatú (benevolent, benign, benignant, gracious, kind, kindly, mild, pious, placid, propitious, well disposed, well meaning, well-wishing). (various references) | |
Icelandic | vinsamlegur, vingjarnlegur (affable, good-natured, kind), vænn (affable, good-natured, kind). (various references) | |
Indonesian | manja (attached, intimate, spoiled), guyub (close, mutually helpful). (various references) | |
Irish | lách, cairdiúil. (various references) | |
Italian | gradevole (acceptable, affable, agreeable, enjoyable, good-natured, kind, lovely, nice, palatable, pleasant, pleasurable, pretty), cortese (accommodating, affable, bland, complaisant, courteous, good-natured, gracious, kind, mannerly, neighborly, neighbourly, obliging, polite, respectful, urbane, well-mannered), amichevole (affable, amicable, chummy, good-natured, kind, neighborly, neighbourly, sociable, sympathetic), amicale, grazioso (affable, bonny, charming, dinky, good-natured, graceful, gracious, kind, lovable, lovely, neat, nice, pleasant, pretty, sweet), carino (affable, beautiful, cute, decent, dinky, fair, fine, good-natured, handsome, kind, lovable, lovely, nice, poppet, pretty, sweet), benevole (affable, good-natured, kind). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 色好い (encouraging, favorable), 親しみやすい , 親善試合 (friendly match), 細やか (meagre, modest), 人懐っこい (affable, amiable, loving company, sociable, taking kindly to men), 人懐こい (affable, amiable, loving company, sociable, taking kindly to men), 互助的 , フレコン化 (changing something to full remote control, flex, flextime, float, floater serve, floating, flooring, flora, flow, flow inflation, flowchart, French, French cancan, French dressing, French kiss, French sleeve, French toast, fresh, fresher, freshman, fret, fretless, friend, friends, friendship, frozen food, frozen yoghurt, newly hired career-track company employee, wooden floor), 気安い (easy to access, familiar, relaxed), 友好的 (amicable), 心安い (carefree, familiar, intimate). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | フレンドリ , したしみやすい, きやすい (easy to access, familiar, relaxed), しんぜんじあい (friendly match), ひとなつっこい (affable, amiable, loving company, sociable, taking kindly to men), ひとなつこい (affable, amiable, loving company, sociable, taking kindly to men), いろよい (encouraging, favorable), ごじょてき, こまやか, こころやすい (carefree, familiar, intimate), ゆうこうてき (amicable). (various references) | |
Korean | 친한. (various references) | |
Malay | baik-haiti (affable, good-natured, kind), baik (affable, good-natured, kind, pretty). (various references) | |
Manx | sheshaght urryssaght (friendly society). (various references) | |
Norwegian | vennskapelig, vennlig (affable, genial, good-natured, kind). (various references) | |
Papiamen | amikal, afabel (affable, good-natured, kind). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | iendlyfray.(various references) | |
Polish | uprzejmy (affable, good-natured, kind). (various references) | |
Portuguese | amigável (amicable), amável (accommodating, affable, amiable, attentive, complaisant, complimentary, courteous, fond, genial, gentle, good-humored, good-humoured, good-natured, kind, kindly, likable, likeable, lovable, nice, obsequious, pleasing, sociable, sporty, sweet, well-natured), afável (affable, benign, debonair, kind, soft, tractable). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | simpáticas. (various references) | |
Romanian | favorabil (advantageous, appreciative, appreciatory, auspicious, bright, convenient, Dexter, fair, favorable, favorably, favored, favourable, favourably, favoured, fortunate, genial, genially, good, happy, inclinable, kindly, large, lucky, propitious, suited, towardly), tovãrãşesc (comradely, fellow-like), surâzãtor (smiling), prietenos (amicable, blandly, cheerful, clubby, companionable, cordial, kind, kindly, Matey, mellow, mild, mildly, nice, pally, sweet), prietenesc (amicable, kind), prieteneşte (with open arms), intim (close, cordial, familiar, heart-to-heart, hearty, home-felt, homelike, in, innermost, internal, intimate, inward, mutual, near, private), camaraderesc (comradely), binevoitor (amiable, benevolent, benignant, bland, charitable, condescending, favorable, favourable, genial, genteel, gentle, good, good natured, gracious, humane, kind, kindly, lithe, nice, propitious, ungrudging, well disposed, well meaning, well wisher, yielding), amical (amicable, amicably, kind). (various references) | |
Russian | товарищеский (comradely), дружественный;дружелюбный дружелюбно, дружественный (hail fellow, user friendly, user-friendly), дружеский (amicable, downstage, homelike, pally, sociable). (various references) | |
Scottish | deal (leech), càr (car). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | srdačan (cordial, genial, hearty, kind, open armed, outgiving, true-hearted, warm, warmhearted, warm-hearted), prijateljski (amicable, neighborly, neighbourly, warmhearted, warm-hearted), naklonjen (favorable, favourable, inclined, slanted, well disposed), drugarski (chummy, comradely, matey, pally), društven (amiable, conversable, gregarious, outgoing, sociable). (various references) | |
Spanish | amable (affable, agreeable, amiable, bland, charming, comradely, dainty, darling, decent, gentile, gentle, good, good-natured, helpful, kind, levely, likeable, lovable, neighborly, neighbourly, nice, pleasant, pretty, sympathetic, thankful), gracioso (affable, amusing, catching, droll, facetious, funny, good-natured, graceful, gracious, joker, kind), bonito (affable, beauteous, beautiful, charming, delightful, fair, fine, good-natured, handsome, kind, lovely, lustrous, nice, pretty), amistoso (amiable, amicable, comradely, cosy, cozy, downstage, neighborly, neighbourly, pally, sociable). (various references) | |
Swedish | vänlig (affable, amiable, amicable, approachable, benignant, favorable, favourable, folksy, gentle, good, good-natured, gracious, kind, kindly, pally, smooth), vänskaplig (amicable, chummy). (various references) | |
Tagalog | mabaít (affable, good-natured, kind), maawaín (affable, good-natured, kind). (various references) | |
Thai | เป็นมิตร (fireside), อย่างเป็นมิตร. (various references) | |
Turkish | yardımsever (benevolent, caring, charitable, gracious, helpful, humanist, humanitarian, kind, kindly, obliging, public-spirited, well disposed), sokulgan (affable, amiable, gregarious, ingratiating, sociable), samimi (candid, childlike, chummy, companionable, cordial, devout, earnest, familiar, folksy, forthright, Frank, free, freehearted, genuine, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, heart-whole, intimate, jannock, near, on the square, open armed, openhearted, outspoken, pally, sincere, single minded, single-eyed, single-hearted, truthful, undesigning, unequivocal, warm, whole-hearted), sıcak (fervent, hot, quick, thermal, warm), dostluk maçı, dostça (amicable, amicably, comradely, in a friendly manner, neighborly, neighbourly, winning), cana yakın (amiable, approachable, congenial, conversable, forthcoming, genial, gracious, hail-fellow-well-met, lovable, personable, sympathetic, warmhearted, warm-hearted), arkadaşça (companionate, comradely, pally), arkadaş canlısı (companionable, sociable). (various references) | |
Turkmen | alзak (sociable), agzybir. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | співчутливий (feeling, remorseful, sympathetic, warm-hearted), прояв дружнього ставлення, приятельський, дружньо, дружній (amiable, amicable, downstage, hearty, homelike, officious), дружелюбно. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thân thiết (chummy, fast, hail-fellow, hail-fellow-well-met, matey, maty), thân thiện thuận lợi, thân mật (amicable, chummy, conversant, cordial, hail-fellow, hail-fellow-well-met, heartily, hearty, intimate, intimately, matey, maty). (various references) | |
Welsh | cyfeillgar (amicable), caredig (affable, kind). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | comis. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | urvathem. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | hold. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Ruth Chapter 2, Verse 13 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | H de eipen euroimi carin en ofqalmoiV sou kurie oti parekalesaV me kai oti elalhsaV epi kardian thV doulhV sou kai idou egw esomai wV mia twn paidiskwn sou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Quae ait inveni gratiam ante oculos tuos domine mi qui consolatus es me et locutus es ad cor ancillae tuae quae non sum similis unius puellarum tuarum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The which seith, Y haue founde grace before thin eyen, my lord, `the which hast coumfortid me, and spoken to the herte of thin hoond womman, `the which am not lijk of oon of thi children wymmen. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Then she said, Let me find favor in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Then she said, Let me find favor in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken kindly to thy handmaid, though I am not like to one of thy handmaidens. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Then she said, May I have grace in your eyes, my lord, for you have given me comfort, and you have said kind words to your servant, though I am not like one of your servants. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Ruth Chapter 2, Verse 13 |
| Albanian | Ajo i tha: "Le të arrij të më shikosh me sy të mirë, o imzot, sepse ti më ke ngushëlluar dhe i ke folur zemrës së shërbëtores sate, megjithëse unë nuk jam as sa një nga shërbëtoret e tua". |
| Cebuano | Unya siya miingon: Pakitaa ako ug kalooy sa imong mga mata, ginoo ko; kay niana ikaw naglipay kanako, ug tungod niana ikaw nakigsulti kanako nga may kalolot sa imong ulipon nga babaye, bisan pa nga ako dili sama sa usa sa imong mga sulogoon nga babaye. |
| Croatian | Ona preuze: "Kad bih mogla uvijek nalaziti milost u tvojim oèima, gospodaru, jer si me utješio i milostivo progovorio sluškinji svojoj, ako i nisam kao jedna od tvojih sluškinja." |
| Danish | Hun sagde: "Så har jeg da fundet Nåde for dine Øjne, Herre, siden du har trøstet mig og talt venligt til din Trælkvinde, skønt jeg ikke er så meget som en af dine Trælkvinder!" |
| Dutch | En zij zeide: Laat mij genade vinden in uw ogen, mijn heer, dewijl gij mij getroost hebt, en dewijl gij naar het hart uwer dienstmaagd gesproken hebt, hoewel ik niet ben, gelijk een uwer dienstmaagden. |
| Finnish | Ruut sanoi: "Minä olen saanut armon sinun silmiesi edessä, herrani, sillä sinä olet lohduttanut minua ja puhutellut palvelijatartasi ystävällisesti, vaikka en ole yhdenkään sinun palvelijattaresi vertainen". |
| French | Et elle dit: Oh! que je trouve grâce à tes yeux, mon seigneur! Car tu m`as consolée, et tu as parlé au coeur de ta servante. Et pourtant je ne suis pas, moi, comme l`une de tes servantes. |
| German | Sie sprach: Laß mich Gnade vor deinen Augen finden, mein Herr; denn du hast mich getröstet und deine Magd freundlich angesprochen, so ich doch nicht bin wie deiner Mägde eine. |
| Haitian Creole | Rit reponn li: -Ou pa konn sa ou fè la a pou mwen, msye! Jan ou pale byen avè m' la a, sa ban m' kouraj, malgre mwen pa vo yonn nan medam k'ap sèvi avè ou yo. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Rut menjawab, "Bapak sungguh baik kepada saya, meskipun saya tidak sama dengan pekerja Bapak. Keramahan Bapak sangat menghibur hati saya." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka kata Rut: Biarlah sahaya mendapat keridlaan dari pada tuan! bagaimana tuan telah menghiburkan sahaya, bagaimana segala kata tuan telah menyenangkan hati hamba tuan ini, jikalau sahaya tiada sama dengan salah seorang dari pada segala hamba tuan itu sekalipun. |
| Italian | Essa gli disse: «Possa io trovar grazia ai tuoi occhi, o mio signore! Poiché tu mi hai consolata e hai parlato al cuore della tua serva, benché io non sia neppure come una delle tue schiave». |
| Maori | Ano ra ko tera, Kia manakohia mai ahau, e toku ariki; ka ora nei hoki toku ngakau i a koe, he pai hoki tau kupu ki tau pononga; ko ahau ia kahore e rite ki tetahi o au pononga wahine. |
| Norwegian | Hun sa: La mig finne nåde for dine øine, min herre, siden du har trøstet mig og talt vennlig til din tjenerinne, enda jeg ikke engang er som en av de kvinner som er i din tjeneste. |
| Portuguese | E disse ela: Ache eu graça aos teus olhos, senhor meu, pois me consolaste, e falaste bondosamente a tua serva, não sendo eu nem mesmo como uma das tuas criadas. |
| Rumanian | Wi ea a zis: ,,O! sq capqt trecere knaintea ta, domnul meu! Cqci tu m`ai mkngkiat, wi vorbele tale au mers la inima slujnicei tale. Wi totuw eu nu sknt nici mqcar ca una din slujnicele tale.`` |
| Russian | пОБ УЛБЪБМБ: ДБ ВХДХ С Ч НЙМПУФЙ РТЕД ПЮБНЙ ФЧПЙНЙ, ЗПУРПДЙО НПК! фЩ ХФЕЫЙМ НЕОС Й ЗПЧПТЙМ РП УЕТДГХ ТБВЩ ФЧПЕК, НЕЦДХ ФЕН ЛБЛ С ОЕ УФПА ОЙ ПДОПК ЙЪ ТБВЩОШ ФЧПЙИ. |
| Swedish | Hon sade: "Så må jag då finna nåd för dina ögon, min herre; ty du har tröstat mig och talat vänligt med din tjänarinna, fastän jag icke är såsom någon av dina tjänarinnor." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "friendly": unfriendly. (additional references) | |
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"Friendly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fredly, freindly, frendly, friedl, frieendly, frienkly, Frindle, frinedly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "friendly" (pronounced fre"ndlē or fre"nlē) |
| 7 | f r e" n d l ē | unfriendly. |
| 4 | -n d l ē | blandly, blindly, kindly, fondly, grandly, profoundly, roundly, secondly, soundly. |
| 3 | -d l ē | absurdly, acidly, admittedly, advisedly, allegedly, assertedly, assuredly, avidly, avowedly, awkwardly, badly, baldly, belatedly, boldly, broadly, candidly, coldly, contentedly, cowardly, crudely, cuddly, dastardly, deadly, decidedly, deservedly, determinedly, Diddley, doggedly, downwardly, evenhandedly, excitedly, gladly, godly, goodly, guardedly, haphazardly, hardly, heatedly, hurriedly, idly, inwardly, loudly, madly, markedly, medley, mildly, oddly, otherworldly, outwardly, placidly, pointedly, proudly, purportedly, rapidly, repeatedly, reportedly, reputedly, Ridley, rigidly, rudely, ruggedly, sadly, shrewdly, solidly, splendidly, straightforwardly, stupidly, supposedly, thirdly, timidly, unabashedly, unashamedly, undoubtedly, unexpectedly, ungodly, unprecedentedly, upwardly, validly, vividly, weirdly, wholeheartedly, wickedly, widely, wildly, worldly, wretchedly. |
| 3 | -n l ē | benignly, brazenly, certainly, clandestinely, cleanly, commonly, keenly, divinely, evenly, finely, gentlemanly, genuinely, greenly, heavenly, humanely, humanly, lonely, mainly, manly, matronly, mistakenly, obscenely, only, openly, plainly, slovenly, sternly, stubbornly, suddenly, thinly, uncertainly, uncommonly, unevenly, ungainly, vainly, wantonly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-f-i-l-n-r-y" | |
-1 letter: flinder. | |
-2 letters: direly, finder, finely, finery, friend, redfin, refind, ridley, rifely, rifled. | |
-3 letters: deify, diner, drily, dynel, edify, elfin, felid, ferly, ferny, field, fiend, fiery, filed, filer, fined, finer, fired, flied, flier, flyer, fried, idler, infer, lifer, lindy, lined, liner, liney, nerdy, redly, refly, reify, rifle, riled, riley, yield. | |
-4 letters: defi, defy, deil, delf. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-f-i-l-n-r-y" | |
+2 letters: frenziedly, friendlily, informedly, ladyfinger, unfriendly. | |
+3 letters: confirmedly, differently, ladyfingers. | |
+4 letters: deflationary, forebodingly. | |
+5 letters: deferentially, hyperinflated, indifferently, refundability, resolidifying. | |
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