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Collocations for friendly - adj.

1. behaving in a kind/pleasant way

VERBS

appear, be, look, seem, sound
become

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ADVERB

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
exceptionally, genuinely
Frank was a genuinely friendly guy.
perfectly
He seemed detached, but perfectly friendly.
overly, too
He was starting to get too friendly (= in a sexual way).
almost
For once he seemed almost friendly.
not exactly, not particularly
Her manner was not exactly friendly
naturally

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PREPOSITION

to, towards/toward
He was always friendly towards/toward me.

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2. being friends

VERBS

be, seem
become, get
remain

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ADVERB

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
They were pretty friendly when they worked together.

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PREPOSITION

with
She's very friendly with Maureen.

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PHRASES

be on friendly terms (with sb)
We have managed to remain on friendly terms.

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3. easy to use/helpful/not harmful

VERBS

be

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ADVERB

environmentally
environmentally friendly cleaning products

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Friendly is used with these nouns:
atmosphere, attitude, banter, chat, competition, confines, conversation, country, disposition, dog, embrace, environment, face, fashion, fire, fixture, folk, force, gesture, greeting, grin, guy, hand, hotel, hug, kiss, letter, manner, match, neighbour, neighbourhood, overture, pat, pub, rapport, reception, relation, relationship, reminder, rival, rivalry, service, settlement, shove, slap, smile, territory, tone, troops, voice, waiter, waitress, warning, wave, way, welcome, word

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