Showing the friendly, supportive, and united qualities characteristic of comrades; marked by mutual loyalty and good fellowship.
From 'comrade' plus the suffix '-ly' (forming adjectives meaning 'of the nature of' or 'having the qualities of'). The suffix '-ly' comes from Old English 'lic' meaning body or form.
The adjective 'comradely' became especially freighted with political meaning in Soviet-era discourse—a 'comradely critique' was supposed to be supportive while correcting ideological errors. The word reveals how language embeds power structures and how the same word can mean genuine friendship or propaganda.
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