friendly with
idiom
: having a casual rather than close friendship
They are friendly with their new neighbors.
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Trump is friendly with Larry Ellison, the ultra-wealthy founder of Oracle.
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
Ross, who has owned everything from superyachts to multiple small boats, has become Navier’s lead brand ambassador—and contributed multiple ideas to make the first N30 more boater-friendly with specific details such as cupholders, a lavatory and ergonomic screen.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2025
The ingredients list being as short as organic cacao, organic cane sugar and organic cacao butter, makes for the majority of the bars to be vegan-friendly and others keto-friendly with only being sweetened by monk fruit, a zero calorie sweetener.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2025
The city’s most celebrated living composer, Brahms, who was friendly with several members of two generations of the Wittgenstein family, lived around the corner from the Palais and visited often.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
Ross, who has owned everything from superyachts to multiple small boats, has become Navier’s lead brand ambassador—and contributed multiple ideas to make the first N30 more boater-friendly with specific details such as cupholders, a lavatory and ergonomic screen.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2025
The ingredients list being as short as organic cacao, organic cane sugar and organic cacao butter, makes for the majority of the bars to be vegan-friendly and others keto-friendly with only being sweetened by monk fruit, a zero calorie sweetener.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2025
The city’s most celebrated living composer, Brahms, who was friendly with several members of two generations of the Wittgenstein family, lived around the corner from the Palais and visited often.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Friendly with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/friendly%20with. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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