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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having or exhibiting the qualities of a friendly neighbor.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In the manner of a neighbor; with social attention and kindliness.
  • Becoming a neighbor; kind; considerate: as, a neighborly attention.
  • Cultivating familiar intercourse; interchanging visits; social: as, the people of the place are very neighborly.
  • Synonyms Obliging, attentive, friendly.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Appropriate to the relation of neighbors; having frequent or familiar intercourse; kind; civil; social; friendly.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Having or exhibiting the qualities of a friendly neighbor.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor

Etymologies

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neighbor +‎ -ly

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