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
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
Not since George Carlin reëmerged angry and articulate, in the nineties, has a comedian called American bullshit to order so eloquently, or with more matey good cheer.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 7, 2015
Ross Wilcox took it, acting all matey to remind me we're not.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
