Friendly
Friendly adjective - Having or showing kindly feeling and sincere interest.
Prickly
Prickly adjective - Easily irritated or annoyed.
Usage example: she dreaded having to deal with her prickly boss
Both words in one sentence
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Yet Osborne evinced the greatest respect for Rattigan and Coward and (more surprisingly, given his prickly personality) was on friendly terms with both.
Source: Friendly Enemy
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