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English
Etymology
From friendly + -ly.
Adverb
friendlily (comparative more friendlily, superlative most friendlily)
- (rare) In a friendly manner; like a friend; warmly; kindly.
1929, Josephine Tey, The Man in the Queue:Her still small smile teased him and her grey eyes looked at him friendlily from under the slight droop of her lids.
1968, Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?:Friendlily, because he felt well-disposed toward the world —his setting had been at D –he patted her bare, pale shoulder.
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