Hail-fellow-well-met

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of hail fellow well met: a sociable, friendly person. alt-of, alternative

    "My father was reserved and modest, the opposite of a hail-fellow-well-met."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Sociable, friendly. not-comparable

    "And at first he sings small, and is hail-fellow-well-met with Sheamus—that's James of the Glens, my chieftain's agent."

Adjective
  1. 1
    heartily friendly and congenial wordnet

Synonyms

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booncomradelyconvivialfestivefree and easygay

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"A banker need not be popular; indeed a good banker in a healthy capitalist society should probably be much disliked. People do not wish to trust their money to a hail-fellow-well-met but to a misanthrope who can say no."

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