"friendliness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɹɛndlinəs/ Forms: friendlinesses [plural]
Etymology: friendly + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|friendly|ness}} friendly + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} friendliness (usually uncountable, plural friendlinesses)
  1. The quality of being friendly. Tags: uncountable, usually Related terms: friend, friendly Coordinate_terms: good-heartedness, good-naturedness, kindness Translations (the quality of being friendly): 友好 (yǒuhǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 親切 (Chinese Mandarin), 亲切 (qīnqiè) (Chinese Mandarin), venlighed [common-gender] (Danish), vriendelijkheid [feminine] (Dutch), ystävällisyys (Finnish), gentillesse [feminine] (French), cordialité [feminine] (French), Freundlichkeit [feminine] (German), φιλικότητα (filikótita) [feminine] (Greek), barátságosság (Hungarian), vingjarnleiki [masculine] (Icelandic), cairdiúlacht [feminine] (Irish), 友好 (yūkō) (alt: ゆうこう) (Japanese), 親切 (shinsetsu) (alt: しんせつ) (Japanese), 우호 (uho) (Korean), 우정 (ujeong) (Korean), Fründlichkeit [German-Low-German, feminine] (Low German), vennlighet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), venlegheit [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), vennlegheit [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), vennligheit [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), cordialidade [feminine] (Portuguese), amizade [feminine] (Portuguese), amabilitate [feminine] (Romanian), prietenie [feminine] (Romanian), atitudine prietenoasă [feminine] (Romanian), дружелю́бие (druželjúbije) [neuter] (Russian), càirdeas [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), amigabilidad [feminine] (Spanish), flenöf (Volapük), cyfeillgarwch [masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "the quality of being friendly",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "amigabilidad"
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      "sense": "the quality of being friendly",
      "word": "flenöf"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "the quality of being friendly",
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}

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