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Friendliness

The condition or quality of being friendly.

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Accessibility 76% connected

The quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach; receptibility.

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Affability 76% connected

The quality of being affable; readiness to converse; courteousness in receiving others and in conversation; complaisant behavior.

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Affableness 76% connected

Affability.

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Amiability 76% connected

The quality of being amiable; amiableness; sweetness of disposition.

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Amiableness 76% connected

The quality of being amiable; amiability.

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Amicability 76% connected

The quality of being amicable; friendliness; amicableness.

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Amicableness 76% connected

The quality of being amicable; amicability.

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Amity 76% connected

Friendship, in a general sense, between individuals, societies, or nations; friendly relations; good understanding; as, a treaty of amity and commerc…

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Approachability 76% connected

The quality of being approachable; approachableness.

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Bonhomie 76% connected

Alt. of Bonhommie

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Brotherhood 76% connected

The state of being brothers or a brother.

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Closeness 76% connected

The state of being close.

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Congeniality 76% connected

The state or quality of being congenial; natural affinity; adaptation; suitableness.

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Cordiality 76% connected

Relation to the heart.

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Familiarity 76% connected

The state of being familiar; intimate and frequent converse, or association; unconstrained intercourse; freedom from ceremony and constraint; intimac…

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Geniality 76% connected

The quality of being genial; sympathetic cheerfulness; warmth of disposition and manners.

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Hospitableness 76% connected

The quality of being hospitable; hospitality.

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Intimacy 76% connected

The state of being intimate; close familiarity or association; nearness in friendship.

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Kindliness 76% connected

Natural inclination; natural course.

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Neighborliness 76% connected

The quality or state of being neighborly.

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Disposition 76% connected

The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will.

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Liking 76% connected

of Like

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Temperament 76% connected

Internal constitution; state with respect to the relative proportion of different qualities, or constituent parts.

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Friendly 74% connected

Having the temper and disposition of a friend; disposed to promote the good of another; kind; favorable.

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Friendly 74% connected

Having the temper and disposition of a friend; disposed to promote the good of another; kind; favorable.

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Friendly 66% connected

Having the temper and disposition of a friend; disposed to promote the good of another; kind; favorable.

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Friendly 66% connected

Having the temper and disposition of a friend; disposed to promote the good of another; kind; favorable.

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Unfriendly 66% connected

Not friendly; not kind or benevolent; hostile; as, an unfriendly neighbor.

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Unfriendly 66% connected

Not friendly; not kind or benevolent; hostile; as, an unfriendly neighbor.

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