well-met
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of well-met
First recorded in 1580–90
Example Sentences
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The two men were well-met because Mohr embodies Kasich’s style.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2015
But Gaitskell is no hail-fellow well-met among the horny-handed men of Britain's labor unions.
From Time Magazine Archive
I fear I must again ask the critic's kind indulgence for an illustrator who has only too obviously never figured as the hailfellow well-met in aristocratic London saloons.
From A Bayard From Bengal Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh,... by Hurry Bungsho Jabberjee
Simplicity, now of my honesty, very heartily well-met.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 by William Carew Hazlitt
My lords, well-met, and welcome from your foes.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 by William Carew Hazlitt
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