There, people are friendly and the food is delicious. Friendly, pronounced as 英[ˈfrendlɪ]美[ˈfrɛndlɪ], can be used as an adjective meaning: friendly, kind; supportive; harmonious. As an adverb, it means: friendly, gently. There are several phrases that use friendly: friendly exchanges, friendly society (英国) mutual aid society, friendly fire, friendly match. For example, "She also loves the friendliness of the people." This sentence means she also loves the friendly atmosphere there.
When using friendly, it can mean friendly, friendly to, harmonious, and can be used to describe the relationship between a boss and employees, superiors and subordinates, colleagues, etc. As a single word, friendly is an adjective, not an adverb, and cannot modify a verb to form an adverbial phrase. It can only function as a predicate or a predicative. As a predicate, it can be used with the prepositions to or with. The comparative form of friendly is friendlier, and the superlative is friendliest. Words like very or quite can be used to modify friendly.
Compared to friendly, amiable usually refers to people, personalities, or facial expressions, and the friendliness expressed can make people feel good. Amicable is more formal and is used to describe things done with good intentions, such as agreements and exchanges of views. Friendly means the friendliness is the most certain, often with great enthusiasm.
