matey
Example Sentences
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It doesn't match his public persona of the matey, personable, empathetic royal.
From BBC • Jan. 11, 2023
“Occasionally she can be matey with you, but don’t try to reciprocate or you get The Look,” he wrote in his memoir, “A Journey.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2022
He can be matey or imperious as the fancy takes him.
From Golf Digest • May 5, 2020
He is very matey even if there must be 20 years between us.
From The Guardian • Nov. 1, 2019
“Arr, matey, who dares to disturb the pirate captain’s slumber?”
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
