good neighbourlygood neighborlyadj.

1598 G. Chapman in tr. Homer Achilles Shield To Understander sig. B2 All tongues haue inricht themselues from their originall..with good neighbourly borrowing.

1667 Bp. J. Taylor Δεκας Εμβολιμαιος ix. 180 A loving person, a good neighbourly man.

1777 Let. Officer at N.-Y. 20 They are a peaceable sort of people, with whom we might live on good neighbourly terms.

1848 C. G. F. Gore Diamond & Pearl (1849) III. xx. 107 I soon saw 'twas real good neighbourly kindness, that made them intrude.

1890 Economist 21 June 794/1 The first step the Radical Government took was to assure Austria of its unchanged good-neighbourly feelings.

1972 Times 27 Dec. 6/3 Uncle Sam is in a Good Neighbourly mood.

1998 I. Welsh Filth 126 She catches me staring so I give a good neighbourly wave.

2011 Irish Times (Nexis) 21 May 15 He had a vision of a pluralist and tolerant Ireland with North-South relations on a sound footing and good neighbourly relations with Britain.

1839 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Aug. 141 The latter distinguishing themselves more for their good example in all good-neighbourliness.

1896 Westm. Gaz. 5 Nov. 10/1 A right good custom..if good-neighbourliness is to count for anything in the village.

2001 K. Lette Nip 'n' Tuck 247 ‘Why he's so obsessed with your return to life, we don't know.’ ‘But it does seem more than good-neighbourliness.’ Marrakech giggles.