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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.
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.
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 definition: kind, friendly, or sociable, as befits a neighbour. See examples of NEIGHBOURLY used in a sentence.
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.
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.
adjective. 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.
neighbourly (comparative more neighbourly, superlative most neighbourly) (British, Canada) Showing the qualities of a friendly and helpful neighbour.
IPA guide. When you're neighborly, you are friendly and helpful to the people who live in your neighborhood or building. A neighborly (and backbreaking) gesture might be shoveling the snow on your neighbor's driveway.
