Appropriate
Appropriate adjective - Meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation.
Friendly and appropriate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Friendly" instead an adjective "Appropriate".
Friendly
Friendly adjective - Having or showing kindly feeling and sincere interest.
Appropriate and friendly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Appropriate" instead an adjective "Friendly".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- The kind and loving Nysien's name means "friendly one", while that of his brother Efnysien translates to "hostile/enemy one", appropriate for a man whose bad temper destroys two kingdoms.
Source: Meaningful Name / Literature -
In WC2, the wizard's polymorph is a permanent instakill move, which simply turns any hostile (or friendly if it has disappointed you somehow) unit into the tileset-appropriate critter.
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He grows up very friendly and, appropriate to the name, very big.
Source: Big Friendly Dog
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