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Definition of “neighbourly

neighbourly or US neighborly(ˈneɪbəlɪPronunciation for )

Definitions

adjective

  1. kind, friendly, or sociable, as befits a neighbour

Alternative Forms

ˈneighbourliness ˈneighborliness noun

Usage examples

  • But Ellen Thomas had been neighbourly and a woman in distress spoke to his sense of protectiveness.
    Salley Vickers, MR GOLIGHTLY'S HOLIDAY (2003)
  • Where the virtue is highly developed there is often not merely an actual but an absolute shrinkage in all sweet neighbourly charities.
    British Medical Journal (2002)
  • We are asking the public to please be patient and neighbourly.
    canada.com (2004)
  • Worse, he can be confronted by follow, followers of the other side whose greetings can be less than neighbourly.
    Glasgow Herald (2002)
  • To no one's surprise the Finns refused, giving Stalin the pretext for abandoning neighbourly neutrality and planning an invasion.
    Andy Dougan, THE HUNTING OF MAN (2004)

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