-friendly, suffix
(ˈfrɛndlɪ)
[See friendly a. (n.) and adv. Cf. also G. -freundlich in kinderfreundlich, etc.]
Appended chiefly to nouns to form adjs. (after user-friendly adj. s.v. user n.1 5); having the sense ‘adapted, designed, or suitable for (the first element)’ or ‘safe for or not harmful to (the first element)’, as in environment-friendly adj. s.v. *environment n. 3, and in the nonce examples below.
| 1982 Economist 17 Apr. 6/4, I have relished the thought that Fortresses America and Albion may prove unable or unwilling to keep out such ‘abominations’ as ‘environment-friendly packaging’ or ‘citizen-friendly legislation’. 1985 Times Educ. Suppl. 11 Jan. 6/5 This subject is considered one of the least ‘girl-friendly’, because it is more geared towards traditionally masculine interests. 1987 USA Today 14 Oct. 8/1 Clearly it's the most overtly yuppie-friendly show on air. 1989 Q Mar. 71/1 Theirs is..a sound that isn't radio friendly. 1991 Newsweek 18 Feb. 49/2 Old, ungainly, radar-friendly aircraft like the A-6, A-7, A-10, F-111, F-14, F-15 and B-52 are prancing through Iraqi airspace without getting shot down. |