Definitions

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  • adjective like a comrade; heartily friendly and congenial.

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  • adverb In the manner of a comrade

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  • adjective heartily friendly and congenial

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Examples

  • "And we're going to," Wemple said, shoving his rival aside in comradely fashion and taking the post of danger at the wheel.

    WHOSE BUSINESS IS TO LIVE 2010

  • "And we're going to," Wemple said, shoving his rival aside in comradely fashion and taking the post of danger at the wheel.

    Whose Business Is To Live 1922

  • Buck received them in comradely fashion, Dave ignored them, while Spitz proceeded to thrash first one and then the other.

    Chapter 2, The Law of Club and Fang 1903

  • Buck received them in comradely fashion, Dave ignored them, while Spitz proceeded to thrash first one and then the other.

    Chapter 2 1903

  • In spite of the fact that China shares a so-called comradely relationship with North Korea and is the leading country in providing North Korea with fuel and food, the once close friendship has been fading away as China's gradually integrates into the world community.

    Mail Call: Anxiety And The Brain 2007

  • Notyawa said the differences of last year would not affect the sharing of the platform on Saturday, highlighting that all the differences that had occurred had been on a "comradely" basis.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

  • National Congress luminaries in a "comradely" manner and in a quite jolly atmosphere, Goosen's questioning was pointed and aggressive, to the point where he totally overstepped the mark.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

  • Beyond admiring zombies for their survival instincts, she said there's a kind of comradely that happens at fan events.

    Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News By AMY ROLPH / SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF 2010

  • Every plot point is put across with the unobtrusive crispness of the comradely kiss that Sky plants atop Adelaide's head at the end of the reprise of "Adelaide's Lament."

    Joy in Runyonland Terry Teachout 2011

  • She leaned forward in a comradely fashion eerily reminiscent of Tasha Yar.

    Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011

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