Friendly
Friendly adjective - Having or showing kindly feeling and sincere interest.
Nonthreatening and friendly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nonthreatening" instead an adjective "Friendly".
Nonthreatening
Friendly and nonthreatening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Friendly" instead an adjective "Nonthreatening".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sympathetic and friendly
- sympathetic and nonthreatening
- good and friendly
- good and nonthreatening
- amiable and friendly
- amiable and nonthreatening
- kind and friendly
- kind and nonthreatening
- gentle and friendly
- gentle and nonthreatening
- gracious and friendly
- gracious and nonthreatening
- obliging and friendly
- obliging and nonthreatening
Both words in one sentence
- The rest are Faux Affably Evil, but are still quite skilled at being friendly and nonthreatening up until they rape you to death or kill you through sheer terror.
Source: Affably Evil / Literature -
Satan is pretty nonthreatening and is friendly enough, but it hasn't stopped him from vouching to delete the island once.
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There's also a friendly, spider-like monster in Golem in the Gears, and other various nonthreatening oddities throughout the series.
Source: What Measure Is a Non-Cute?
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