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Definition of friendliness noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

friendliness

noun
 
/ˈfrendlinəs/
 
/ˈfrendlinəs/
[uncountable]
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  1. kind pleasant behaviour towards somebody you like or want to help
    • We were greeted with warmth and friendliness.
    • friendliness towards somebody Her sudden friendliness towards him was unsettling.
    opposite unfriendliness
  2. the fact of not treating somebody as an enemy
    • the friendliness of its relations with the other villages
    opposite hostility
  3. (often in compound nouns) the quality of being helpful and easy to use or of helping somebody/something or not harming them/it
    • I was impressed by the friendliness of the website.
    • user/environmental-friendliness
    see also user-friendliness

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