Hail-fellow-well-met
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Hail-fellow-well-met is an adjective meaning Sociable, friendly.
Meaning
Sociable, friendly.
More Meanings
- Alternative spelling of hail fellow well met: a sociable, friendly person.
Example Sentences
My father was reserved and modest, the opposite of a hail-fellow-well-met.
And at first he sings small, and is hail-fellow-well-met with Sheamus—that's James of the Glens, my chieftain's agent.
N.d., Sir George Young, translator, Sophocles, Oedipus Rex, 1991 Dover Publicatiosn edition, →ISBN, page 22, Now am I hail-fellow-well-met with all; Now every man gives me good-morrow;.
N.d., Janice Holt Giles, "The Minor Miracle", in, 1975, Wellspring, 2002 University Press of Kentucky edition, →ISBN, page 60, "You may be hail-fellow-well-met all you please, but you are the servant of God in our midst, and I, for one, intend to remember it."
Synonyms for hail-fellow-well-met
Depending on context, synonyms include friendly, comradely, hail-fellow.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include friendly, hail-fellow, comradely, congenial, fellowly, matey.
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