hail-fellow-well-met

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adjective

genial and familiar, esp in an offensive or ingratiating waya hail-fellow-well-met slap on the back

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Words nearby hail-fellow-well-met

hail, Hail Columbia, Haile Selassie, Haile Selassie I, hail-fellow, hail-fellow-well-met, hail from, hailing distance, Hail Mary, Hailsham of St Marylebone, hailstone

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How to use hail-fellow-well-met in a sentence

It could not be that Gordon, could it, with his hail-fellow-well-met manner?
The Heir of Redclyffe|Charlotte M. Yonge
And at first he sings small, and is hail-fellow-well-met with Sheamus—that's James of the Glens, my chieftain's agent.
Kidnapped|Robert Louis Stevenson
Cf. the use of the phrase "to be hail-fellow-well-met with anyone."
Narcissus|Unknown
Mr. Clavering is fastidious, and will not feel honored by the attentions of one who is hail-fellow-well-met with everybody.
The Leavenworth Case|Anna Katherine Green

She is from Cagliari—and can't do much with the cabbage soup: and tells the waiter so, in her deep, hail-fellow-well-met voice.
Sea and Sardinia|D. H. Lawrence

Cultural definitions for hail-fellow-well-met

hail-fellow-well-met

A term describing a person who is superficially friendly and is always trying to gain friends. Such a person may also be referred to as a “glad-hander.”