friendly definition

1. troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces
• examples: friendlies came to their rescue
2. characteristic of or befitting a friend
• examples: friendly advice
• examples: a friendly neighborhood
• examples: the only friendly person here
• examples: a friendly host and hostess
3. inclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile
• examples: a government friendly to our interests
• examples: an amicable agreement
4. easy to understand or use
• examples: user-friendly computers
• examples: a consumer-friendly policy
• examples: a reader-friendly novel
5. of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally
• examples: in friendly territory
• examples: he was accidentally killed by friendly fire