as in friendship
kindly concern, interest, or support
the family was overwhelmed by the friendliness of the welcoming committee
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Recent Examples of friendliness
Expect a raucous crowd for Scotland’s sole appearance in South Florida; the supporters group, known as the Tartan Army, is known worldwide for its avid support and friendliness.
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Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
10 June 2026
Dedicated users tout their environmental benefits, such as waste reduction, cost-friendliness and potential for symptom management.
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Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
Anything and everything is possible and can be achieved with a trademark, down-to-earth friendliness.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
But amid the nationwide upheaval, San Francisco is the first major city to be left without a primary immigration court, leaving chaos and dysfunction in a region long known for its friendliness to asylum seekers.
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ABC News,
22 May 2026
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Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
10 June 2026
Dedicated users tout their environmental benefits, such as waste reduction, cost-friendliness and potential for symptom management.
—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
Anything and everything is possible and can be achieved with a trademark, down-to-earth friendliness.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
But amid the nationwide upheaval, San Francisco is the first major city to be left without a primary immigration court, leaving chaos and dysfunction in a region long known for its friendliness to asylum seekers.
—
ABC News,
22 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for friendliness
Noun
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Shamea and Porsha’s passive back-and-forth is a fascinating take on how icing someone out after a friendship falls apart can play out on a show like The Real Housewives.
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Instead of celebrating innovation, the movie unfolds through lawsuits and broken friendships.
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But a wiser course might be to emphasize a kind of counter-nostalgia, reclaiming a mythic past for the forces of tolerance and democratic generosity.
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Perhaps subsequent history shows that his generosity of spirit was misplaced.
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The cordiality and handsome looks of the dining room are exquisite reminders of elaborate Milanese design.
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Indianapolis didn't crack Nextdoor's list of the 20 friendliest cities in Indiana, but its separate ranking of neighborhoods in the Indy metro area finds plenty of cordiality in Central Indiana.
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Maybe camaraderie and neighborliness will succeed where the Council’s blindness to our needs failed.
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The North Star State’s Minnesota Nice reputation has long encompassed progressive politics; a polite, if guarded, interpersonal demeanor; and a hearty neighborliness formed out of necessity during frigid winters.
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All of us are invited to choose to become better human beings and to show up at work and in the world with increasing love, kindness, courage and forgiveness.
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That instinct to lean into life with curiosity, optimism, and kindness is, perhaps, America's greatest attraction.
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The article concludes that genuine empowerment requires substantial capital investment, not just goodwill, to build effective support systems.
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By the end of the 1970s, the band and movemenet were losing goodwill, loathed by both the hip disco cognoscenti and a reactionary macho counterinsurgence that culminated in the vinyl furnace at Disco Demolition Night in Chicago.
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“Friendliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/friendliness. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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