"fiendly" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more fiendly [comparative], most fiendly [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English feendly, fendly (“hostile, devilish”), from Old English fēondliċ (“hostile”), corresponding to fiend + -ly. Cognate with Dutch vijandelijk (“hostile”), German feindlich (“hostile”), Danish fjendtlig (“hostile”), Swedish fiendtlig, fientlig (“hostile”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|feendly}} Middle English feendly, {{inh|en|ang|fēondliċ|t=hostile}} Old English fēondliċ (“hostile”), {{suffix|en|fiend|ly}} fiend + -ly, {{cog|nl|vijandelijk|t=hostile}} Dutch vijandelijk (“hostile”), {{cog|de|feindlich|t=hostile}} German feindlich (“hostile”), {{cog|da|fjendtlig|t=hostile}} Danish fjendtlig (“hostile”), {{cog|sv|fiendtlig}} Swedish fiendtlig Head templates: {{en-adj}} fiendly (comparative more fiendly, superlative most fiendly)
  1. (obsolete) Hostile. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-fiendly-en-adj-RrqHTuKg
  2. (now rare) Like a fiend; devilish. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-fiendly-en-adj-ZWGBW8L1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85
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