colloquial |
1. adj. (linguistics) Denoting a manner of speaking or writing that is characteristic of familiar conversation, of common parlance; informal. | |
2. adj. Of or pertaining to a conversation; conversational or chatty. | |
3. n. A colloquial word or phrase, colloquialism | |
chummy |
1. adj. (informal) friendly; on, or trying to be on, intimate terms | |
2. n. chum; mate | |
3. n. (obsolete) A boy who works for a chimney sweep. | |
friendly |
1. adj. Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character. | |
Your cat seems very friendly. | |
2. adj. Inviting, characteristic of friendliness. | |
He gave a friendly smile. | |
3. adj. Having an easy relationship with something, as in user-friendly etc. | |
4. adj. Without any hostility. | |
a friendly competition | |
a friendly power or state | |
5. adj. Promoting the good of any person; favourable; propitious. | |
a friendly breeze or gale | |
6. adj. (military) Of or pertaining to friendlies (friendly noun sense 2, below). Also applied to other bipolar confrontations, such as team sports | |
The soldier was killed by friendly fire. | |
7. adj. (number theory) Being or relating to two or more natural numbers with a common abundancy. | |
friendly numbers; friendly pairs; friendly n-tuples | |
8. adj. (in compounds) Not damaging to, or compatible with (the compounded noun) | |
The cobbled streets aren't very bike-friendly. | |
Organic farms only use soil-friendly fertilisers. | |
Our sandwiches are made with dolphin-friendly tuna. | |
9. adv. (archaic) In a friendly manner, like a friend. | |
10. n. (sports) A game which is of no consequence in terms of ranking, betting etc. | |
Even as friendlies, derbies often arouse strong emotions | |
11. n. A person or entity on the same side in a conflict. | |