friendlily

comparative more friendlily · superlative most friendlily

1. rareIn a friendly manner; like a friend; warmly; kindly.

   Her still small smile teased him and her grey eyes looked at him friendlily from under the slight droop of her lids.

   1929, Josephine Tey, The Man in the Queue

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   Friendlily, because he felt well-disposed toward the world —his setting had been at D –he patted her bare, pale shoulder.

   1968, Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

   Synonyms: friendly