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December 13, 2017 Word of the Day

neighborly /ˈneɪbɚli/ adjective
neighborly
/ˈneɪbɚli/
adjective

or British neighbourly

Cooking a meal for the elderly man is very neighborly.
Cooking a meal for the elderly man is very neighborly.
Definition of NEIGHBORLY

[more neighborly; most neighborly]

: helpful and friendly

  • It was very neighborly [=kind] of you to help.

  • the importance of neighborly [=friendly] relations between countries

  • She was friendly in a neighborly way.

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