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friendlily

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Six shirtless men, all of them Indonesian, gather on the Chang Tai’s stern, gesturing friendlily and looking comforted to see another human being so far from land.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2021

Sure, the dictionary says we can use lame adverbs like uglily, friendlily, surlily, and jollily, but nobody says we have to.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

"Now, listen to me, Brig," he said friendlily to Brigham, who seemed to be in a stupor.

From The Cost by Phillips, David Graham

Ye have botched your errand to Paris; ye have spoken naughtily in my house to a friend of the King's that came friendlily to me.'

From Privy Seal His Last Venture by Ford, Ford Madox

He also paused, to perch upon the seat end, his arm extended friendlily along the back.

From Desert Dust by Shepherd, J. Clinton