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- DictionaryNeigh·bor·ly/ˈnābərlē/
adjective
- 1. characteristic of a good neighbor, especially helpful, friendly, or kind: "shopping for the elderly is a regular feature of neighborly support"
NEIGHBORLY meaning: 1. US spelling of neighbourly 2. friendly or helpful to your neighbors: 3. friendly and helpful…. Learn more.
Neighborly definition: having or showing qualities befitting a neighbor; friendly.. See examples of NEIGHBORLY used in a sentence.
When you're neighborly, you are friendly and helpful to the people who live in your neighborhood or building. A neighborly (and backbreaking) gesture might be shoveling the snow on your neighbor's driveway. It's neighborly to say hello to people who live nearby, and it's also neighborly to organize a block party and invite everyone on your street.
6 days ago · adjective. If the people who live near you are neighborly, they are friendly and helpful. If you live in a neighborly place, it has a friendly atmosphere . The noise would have provoked alarm and neighborly concern. The older people had stopped being neighborly to each other.
noun [uncountable] good neighborliness a sense of community and neighborliness. Check pronunciation: neighborly. Definition of neighborly adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Neighborly - definition of neighborly by The Free Dictionary. neighborly. Also found in: Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia . neigh·bor·ly. (nā′bər-lē) adj. Having or exhibiting the qualities of a friendly neighbor. neigh′bor·li·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
noun. Word Frequency. neighborly in American English. (ˈneibərli) adjective. having or showing qualities befitting a neighbor; friendly. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Derived forms. neighborliness. noun. Word origin.
