Definition of Neighbourly

1. Adjective. Exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor.

Exact synonyms: Neighborly
Similar to: Friendly
Derivative terms: Neighbor, Neighborliness, Neighbour, Neighbourliness

Definition of Neighbourly

1. Adjective. (British Canada) Showing the qualities of a friendly and helpful neighbour. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Neighbourly

neighbors
neighborship
neighborships
neighbour
neighboure
neighboured
neighbouress
neighbourhood
neighbourhoods
neighbouring
neighbouring(a)
neighbouring group
neighbouring group participation
neighbourless
neighbourliness
neighbourly
neighbours
neighbourship
neighbourships
neighed
neighing
neighings
neighs
neishout
neisseria gonorrhoeae
neisseria meningitidis
neisseriaceae
neisseriaceae infections
neisseriae
neist

Literary usage of Neighbourly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pennsylvania Archives by Samuel Hazard, John Blair Linn, William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, George Edward Reed, Pennsylvania State Library, Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Gertrude MacKinney, Charles Francis Hoban (1877)
"... the Continuance of Neighbourly Correspondency much wished for by Honor' is" Yo' affectionate Friend & hum: Serv' A: B: TREATY OF PEACE BETWEEN MARYLAND ..."

2. Illustrations of Political Economy.: By Harriet Martineau by Harriet Martineau (1834)
"Neighbourly CHAT. AT a late hour of this night, the young widow Cuthbert was still busy, as she had been all day, at her employment of ..."

3. Cases Argued and Determined in the Court for the Trial of Impeachments and by George Caines, New York (State). Supreme Court (1807)
"ALBANY, acts of neighbourly kindness, without any interest or D.&G.Ludlow ' , , r . ^**~ ..-**„ expectation of reward; that they are frequently called v. on ..."

4. Inheriting the Earth; Or, The Geographical Factor in National Development by Oscar Diedrich Engeln (1922)
"Coupled up with the patriotism of place, that finds its expression in neighbourly co-operation, is the similarly place-rooted instinct that is designated by ..."

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