be on friendly terms

be on friendly terms — be on good/bad/friendly etc/terms phrase to have a good, bad, or friendly relationship with someone He’s still on friendly terms with his first wife. I’m on friendly terms with my ex wife. They are on first name terms (=t …   Useful english dictionary

(be) on friendly terms (with somebody) — be on good, friendly, bad, etc. ˈterms (with sb) idiom to have a good, friendly, etc. relationship with sb • I had no idea that you and he were on such intimate terms (= were such close friends). • He is still on excellent terms with his ex wife …   Useful english dictionary

friendly — I UK [ˈfren(d)lɪ] / US adjective Word forms friendly : adjective friendly comparative friendlier superlative friendliest *** Metaphor: A friendly relationship between people is like warm, sunny weather. When people are unfriendly towards one… …   English dictionary

friendly — friend|ly1 [ frendli ] adjective *** ▸ 1 pleasant and helpful ▸ 2 liking each other ▸ 3 about a country ▸ 4 game: not in competition ▸ 5 about takeover 1. ) someone who is friendly is always pleasant and helpful toward other people: I enjoy… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

friendly — adj. 1 behaving in a kind/pleasant way VERBS ▪ appear, be, look, seem, sound ▪ become ADVERB ▪ extremely …   Collocations dictionary

friendly — a. 1. Kind, kindly, amiable, benevolent, well disposed, kindly disposed, kind hearted, affectionate, good. 2. Mutually kind, well affected toward each other, of mutual regard, on good terms, on friendly terms, on a friendly, familiar or intimate… …   New dictionary of synonyms

friendly suit — n. A lawsuit brought by parties who agree on a particular settlement but need a judicial decision to make it binding; see also declaratory judgment The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney… …   Law dictionary

friendly fire — Fire burning in a place where it was intended to burn, although damages may result. In a military conflict, the discharge of weapons against one s own troops. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. friendly fire …   Law dictionary

friendly — [adj] intimate, companionable affable, affectionate, amiable, amicable, attached, attentive, auspicious, beneficial, benevolent, benign, buddy buddy*, chummy*, civil, close, clubby, comradely, conciliatory, confiding, convivial, cordial, faithful …   New thesaurus

friendly — adj., n., & adv. adj. (friendlier, friendliest) 1 acting as or like a friend, well disposed, kindly. 2 a (often foll. by with) on amicable terms. b not hostile. 3 characteristic of friends, showing or prompted by kindness. 4 favourably disposed,… …   Useful english dictionary

Friendly interactive shell — infobox software name = fish caption = The friendly interactive shell author = Axel Liljencrantz developer = Axel Liljencrantz released = latest release version = 1.23.0 latest release date = 13 January 2008 operating system = Unix like genre =… …   Wikipedia