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
Simplicity, now of my honesty, very heartily well-met.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 by William Carew Hazlitt
Not hail-fellow well-met with a "brother artist," like she had been yesterday.
From The Incomplete Amorist by E. (Edith) Nesbit
Thus it was with Druro, whom all men hailed as "well-met," and all women liked, and all Rhodesia called "Lundi," though his Christian names were really Francis Everard.
From Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa by Cynthia Stockley
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