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   hail-fellow-well-met

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   • 1. showing excessive familiarity or friendliness: "Arnold was very cheerful in a hail-fellow-well-met sort of way"

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   What does 'hail fellow well met' mean?

   • "Hail fellow well met" is an English idiom used when referring to a person whose behavior is hearty, friendly, and congenial, in the affirmative sense.

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   What does hail-fellow-well-met mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! HAIL-FELLOW-WELL-MET definition: 1. If a man or his actions are described as hail-fellow-well-met, they are very friendly and…. Learn more.

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   What does 'hail a fellow' mean?

   • The familiar greeting Hail, fellow! gave rise to the adjectives hail-fellow and hail-fellow-well-met, meaning showing excessive familiarity or friendliness. The greeting Well met! meant no more than the modern Good to see you!, and came to be tacked on to the adjectival hail-fellow as reinforcement.

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   Are 'hail-fellow-well-met' people friendly?

   • Yet many of my church-going, hail-fellow-well-met staff were ostensibly quite friendly people who believed they were advancing public safety. Ignoring the hail-fellow-well-met school of political backslapping, he never accepted the need to suffer fools. To be 'hail-fellow-well-met' with him, were to lower ourselves.

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › hail-fellow-well-metHAIL-FELLOW-WELL-MET - Cambridge English Dictionary

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   Hail-fellow-well-met is an adjective that means very friendly and enthusiastic, sometimes in a way that is not sincere. Learn how to use it in sentences and see synonyms and translations.

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     hail-fellow-well-met definicja: 1. If a man or his actions...

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     hail-fellow-well-met translate: （人或行爲）十分友善的，過分親熱的. Learn...

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     hail-fellow-well-met translate: （人或行为）十分友好的，过分亲热的. Learn...

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   Hail fellow well met. "Hail fellow well met" is an English idiom used when referring to a person whose behavior is hearty, friendly, and congenial, in the affirmative sense.

5. www.merriam-webster.com › hail-fellow-well-metHail-fellow-well-met Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   hail-fel· low-well-met ˈhāl-ˌfe-lō-ˌwel-ˈmet. -lə-ˌwel-. Synonyms of hail-fellow-well-met. : heartily friendly and informal : comradely. hail-fellow-well-met noun.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › hail-fellow-well-metHAIL-FELLOW-WELL-MET definition - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Hail-fellow-well-met is an old-fashioned adjective that means very friendly and enthusiastic, sometimes insincerely. Learn how to use it in sentences and see synonyms and related words.

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   Hail-fellow-well-met definition: genial and familiar, esp in an offensive or ingratiating way. See examples of HAIL-FELLOW-WELL-MET used in a sentence.

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   /ˌheɪl ˈfɛlə ˈwɛl ˌmɛt/ IPA guide. Definitions of hail-fellow-well-met. adjective. heartily friendly and congenial. synonyms: comradely, hail-fellow. friendly. characteristic of or befitting a friend. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Hail-fellow-well-met."

9. www.collinsdictionary.com › hail-fellow-well-metDefinition of 'hail-fellow-well-met' - Collins Online Dictionary

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   Hail-fellow-well-met is an adjective that means genial and familiar, especially in an offensive or ingratiating way. It is also a phrase that means very sociable or friendly to everyone, especially in a superficial manner.