FRIENDLINESS

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I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A friendly disposition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("friendliness" is a kind of...):

disposition; temperament (your usual mood)

Attribute:

friendly (characteristic of or befitting a friend)

unfriendly (not disposed to friendship or friendliness)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "friendliness"):

affability; affableness; amiability; amiableness; bonhomie; geniality (a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to))

amicability; amicableness (having a disposition characterized by warmth and friendliness)

closeness; familiarity; intimacy (close or warm friendship)

accessibility; approachability (the attribute of being easy to meet or deal with)

congeniality (a congenial disposition)

amity; cordiality (a cordial disposition)

good-neighborliness; good-neighbourliness; neighborliness; neighbourliness (a disposition to be friendly and helpful to neighbors)

hospitableness (having a disposition that welcomes guests and is fond of entertaining)

helpfulness; kindliness (friendliness evidence by a kindly and helpful disposition)

Antonym:

unfriendliness (an unfriendly disposition)

Derivation:

friendly (characteristic of or befitting a friend)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A feeling of liking for another person; enjoyment in their company

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("friendliness" is a kind of...):

liking (a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "friendliness"):

amicability; amicableness (a disinclination to quarrel)

good will; goodwill (the friendly hope that something will succeed)

brotherhood (the feeling that men should treat one another like brothers)

Antonym:

unfriendliness (dislike experienced as an absence of friendliness)

Derivation:

friendly (inclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile)

Credits

Context examples:

While trying to keep herself alive, their visitor, who had at first approached her with as animated a countenance as ever, was wisely and kindly keeping his eyes away, and giving her time to recover, while he devoted himself entirely to her mother, addressing her, and attending to her with the utmost politeness and propriety, at the same time with a degree of friendliness, of interest at least, which was making his manner perfect.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Sometimes they chanced upon other wolves, usually in pairs; but there was no friendliness of intercourse displayed on either side, no gladness at meeting, no desire to return to the pack-formation.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

They met with the utmost friendliness.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

The friendliness of his disposition made him happy in accommodating those, whose situation might be considered, in comparison with the past, as unfortunate.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

The latter, by virtue of a twisted crank-hanger, required repairing, and, as a matter of friendliness with his future brother-in-law, he sent it to Von Schmidt's shop.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

There was so much of friendliness, and of flattery, and of everything most bewitching in his reception there; the old were so hospitable, the young so agreeable, that he could not but resolve to remain where he was, and take all the charms and perfections of Edward's wife upon credit a little longer.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

The evil of the actual disparity in their ages (and Mr. Woodhouse had not married early) was much increased by his constitution and habits; for having been a valetudinarian all his life, without activity of mind or body, he was a much older man in ways than in years; and though everywhere beloved for the friendliness of his heart and his amiable temper, his talents could not have recommended him at any time.