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
Customers praise not only the effectiveness of treatments but also the friendliness and professionalism of technicians.
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Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
Finance website WalletHub compared the 100 largest cities in America, looking at 19 key indicators of livability, affordability and veteran-friendliness in a new report published on Monday.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
For people like Wasefi, with sisters and nieces back home, no amount of tourist-friendliness can compensate for this disaster.
—Vidushi Mishti Sharma, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
The man responded, explaining that his relationship with Tony’s family went far beyond casual friendliness.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for friendliness
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Losing a true partnership and friendship is what was hard.—
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Meanwhile, their friends are also navigating the ups and downs of love and friendship, confronting the bittersweet challenges of growing up and moving on.—
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After the campaign collected $1,503,533 from more than 38,500 donations, the organizers posted a note thanking contributors for their generosity.—
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If your grandchild attends one of these schools and receives financial aid, check with the school’s financial aid office about how your generosity could affect their aid package.—
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All that being said, cordiality may be the path of least resistance for the sake of your other relationships.—
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Visuals of exaggerated cordiality between the Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, President Vladimir Putin of Russia, and President Xi Jinping of China at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit on September 1 displayed China’s convening power.—
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Reviewing a bunch of doorbell camera footage leads Elsbeth and Donnelly to a conversation about varying definitions of neighborliness.—
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Because of its smallish size, Kentucky’s capital (population 28,000) is a city where neighborliness and politics go hand in hand.—
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For months afterward, kindness arrived in unexpected forms — neighbors bringing food, strangers offering furniture, friends calling daily.—
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Does their lack of kindness grant you permission to respond with equal insensitivity or even cruelty?—
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Building Audience During Production, Not After Community Center is built around filmmaker profiles and project pages designed to leverage goodwill marketing expense deductions by partnering with local businesses.—
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Tidy agreements protect goodwill in the main group and in any of its smaller circles.—
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“Friendliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/friendliness. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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