hail-fellow
- adjective
- /heɪlˈfɛloʊ/
- Archaic
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sociable
- Known for his friendly demeanor, Jack is a hail-fellow who easily makes friends wherever he goes.
- hail-fellow-well-met
Even the most grandiose extroverted, hail fellow well met narcissist will isolate.
- Even the most grandiose extroverted, hail fellow well met narcissist will isolate.
Examples
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I, like you, was once considered a hail-fellow-well-met!
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At best, he was a cheerful, if not very bright, hail-fellow-well-met.
Blog text (16) -
Balastro usually had the hail-fellow-well-met air so many of his countrymen could don with ease.
Fiction book (2002) -
Even the most grandiose extroverted, hail fellow well met narcissist will isolate.
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Even the most grandiose extroverted hail fellow well met narcissist will isolate.
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Under his hard-drinking, hail-fellow-well-met exterior, he was a remarkably thorough worker and quietly discreet in compiling information.
Fiction book (1992) -
He greeted everyone with a warm smile, embodying the true spirit of a hail-fellow.
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Despite his serious job, he maintains a hail-fellow attitude that helps put others at ease.
Synonyms
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6.0
Friendly and supportive in a way that shows people working together
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8.0
Very pleasant and friendly to other people
Being friendly and cheerful when meeting people, sometimes too familiar
Friendly in a way that feels like you are close friends
Antonyms
How Friendly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hail-fellow comes from the old greeting 'hail fellow, well met', where hail means 'greeting' and fellow means 'friend'. So to be hail-fellow is to be openly warm and easy with people, like someone who greets everyone cheerfully.