friendly
adjective
characteristic of or befitting a friend; showing friendship.
friendlily
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a word derived from
friendly.
Example Sentences
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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
He felt her first, warm and friendlily, and then he heard her laughing.
From The Lovely Lady by Gordon Grant
He had approached Eugene Larue on that past Sunday afternoon, only to find him cautiously negative where once he had seemed friendlily suggesting.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 by Various
And yet the busy men found time to greet him friendlily: "H'are you!" they said, genially.
From Half Portions by Edna Ferber
