Full definition of matey
Adjective
- (UK) Sociable or friendly.You've been very matey with that new bird.
- 1948, Dennis Wheatley, The Haunting of Toby Jugg, 2007, most+matey%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tWqsT-GjHa2eiAee34jeAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22more|most%20matey%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 148,She asked in what sort of accident I had broken my back, and when I told her that I had been shot down she became much more matey.
- 1995, Gwynneth Latham, Michael C. Latham, Kilimanjaro Tales: The Saga of a Medical Family in Africa, most+matey%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tWqsT-GjHa2eiAee34jeAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22more|most%20matey%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 140,We decided that it would be more matey to have communal meals, so all the guests and hosts foregathered at the hotel for lunches and dinners, and at every sitting there were about 40 of us, all in high spirits.
- 2002, Jon Latimer, Alamein, most+matey%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tWqsT-GjHa2eiAee34jeAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22more|most%20matey%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 128,hehref="http://freewordfinder.com/dictionary/w/">Douglas Wimberley wrote: ‘They
Australians took a bit of getting used to. I was dressed as a general and they treated me in the most
matey way, but despite this it was easy to see that there was nothing wrong with their battle discipline.’
- 2002, Alan Di Perna, Guitar World, Guitar World Presents: Pink Floyd, most+matey%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tWqsT-GjHa2eiAee34jeAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22more|most%20matey%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 29,His opening salvo, “If you didn′t care what happened to me, and I didn′t care for you,†gives way to a more matey mood at the end: “You know that I care what happens to you. And I know that you care for me.â€
- 2005, Donald Akenson, An Irish History of Civilization, Volume 2, most+matey%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tWqsT-GjHa2eiAee34jeAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22more|most%20matey%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 293,Adolphus Egerton Ryerson was his full name, but he insisted on being called Egerton Ryerson, under the mistaken conviction that this was much more matey than Adolphus.