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- Dictionaryneighbourly/ˈneɪbəli/
adjective
- 1. characteristic of a good neighbour, especially in being helpful, friendly, or kind: "shopping for the elderly is a regular feature of neighbourly support"
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NEIGHBOURLY definition: 1. friendly or helpful to your neighbours: 2. UK spelling of neighborly. Learn more.
NEIGHBORLY definition: 1. US spelling of neighbourly 2. friendly or helpful to your neighbors: 3. friendly and helpful…. Learn more.
: of, relating to, or characteristic of congenial neighbors. especially : friendly. a neighborly welcome. neighborliness noun. Synonyms. amicable. bonhomous. buddy-buddy. chummy. collegial. companionable. comradely. cordial. friendly. genial. hail-fellow-well-met. hearty. matey [ chiefly British] palsy-walsy [ slang] warm.
If the people who live near you are neighbourly, they are friendly and helpful. If you live in a neighbourly place, it has a friendly atmosphere. The noise would have provoked alarm and neighbourly concern. The older people had stopped being neighbourly to each other. ...a small, neighbourly seaside resort.
adjective. /ˈneɪbəli/ /ˈneɪbərli/ ( US English neighborly) involving people, countries, etc. that live or are located near each other. the importance of good neighbourly relations between the two states. neighbourly help. a neighbourly dispute. Definitions on the go.
adjective. If the people who live near you are neighborly, they are friendly and helpful. If you live in a neighborly place, it has a friendly atmosphere. The noise would have provoked alarm and neighborly concern.
Neighbourly definition: kind, friendly, or sociable, as befits a neighbour. See examples of NEIGHBOURLY used in a sentence.
The look of cold surprise that any one should venture to come near her grief sealed up the fountain of neighborly sympathy. From Project Gutenberg. Neighborly definition: having or showing qualities befitting a neighbor; friendly.. See examples of NEIGHBORLY used in a sentence.
neighbourly (comparative more neighbourly, superlative most neighbourly) ( British , Canada ) Showing the qualities of a friendly and helpful neighbour . She's so neighbourly that she always holds a welcoming party for new residents.
1. a district or area, especially in a town or city. a poor neighbourhood. barrio. 2. a district or area surrounding a particular place. He lives somewhere in the neighbourhood of the station. vecindad. ˈneighbourhood watch (American neighborhood watch;also sentry watch) noun.
