as in warm
having or showing kindly feeling and sincere interest
a hail-fellow-well-met politician who genuinely enjoys pressing the flesh
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hail-fellow-well-met
Adjective
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However, evidence increasingly suggests that early in its life, Mars was a warm and wet planet much like our own.—
Jonathan O’Callaghan,
JSTOR Daily,
10 Apr. 2025 -
Deals on seating Deals on outdoor rugs Deals on pools and hot tubs Deals on fire pits Deals on storage Deals lights and umbrella Deals on seating Seating areas can create a focal point in your garden decor and are a great place to relax in warmer weather.—
Nora Colomer,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Bridges’ old pal and Oscar nominee Abraham Alexander also stopped by.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Apr. 2025
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Most of my experience consists of chauffeuring my then- teen-age son and his pals.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Baseball’s celebration of that day often obscures the fact that MLB hasn’t been African American friendly in decades.—
Terence Moore,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Vermont's politics and demographics are also more friendly to Sanders' views than other battleground districts in the Trump era.—
Stephen Fowler,
NPR,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The Fall-Out During that trip to Western Pennsylvania, my buddy and I stuck four trout in two days.—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
3 Apr. 2025
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Lou was brought home, happy and healthy, to the obvious delight of his best buddy.—
Terry Baddoo,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The press conference had a very gracious tone on the U.S. relationship.—
Brendan Ahern,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Clara’s Table restaurant is Dearborn Inn’s tribute to Henry Ford’s wife, Clara, a passionate horticulturist and gracious hostess.—
Devorah Lev-Tov,
AFAR Media,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Sides lean toward hearty and include mac and cheese and jalapeño creamed corn.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
19 Mar. 2025
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Roasted Honey Nut Squash and Chickpeas With Hot Honey Image Warming and hearty, this sheet-pan dinner is largely hands-off.—
Isobel Whitcomb,
New York Times,
10 Feb. 2025
Noun
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That’s around $50 million for two receivers, and receivers do not win Super Bowls (or why would so many become trade chum?).—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Mar. 2025
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Nathalie Dupree, meanwhile, was the author of more than a dozen cookbooks, a four-time James Beard Award winner, a pioneering television chef, and a chum of Julia Child’s.—
Charles Bethea,
The New Yorker,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Pro tip: gaps and gumlines, compadres, that's where all the action's at.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 Mar. 2025
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One of their compadres (Ron Palais) is spiraling toward suicide after erroneously sending a pornographic selfie to his boss; the race is on to hack or snag the receiving smartphone before daybreak.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2025
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