noun
Meaning 1
UK standard spelling of neighborliness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
neighbourliness
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noun
Meaning 2
a disposition to be friendly and helpful to neighbors
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: neighborliness, good-neighborliness, good-neighbourliness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: friendliness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English neighbourly Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English neighbourliness From neighbourly + -ness.