chiefly British
Examples of matey in a Sentence
Adjective
a boss who is matey with his staff
the pub keeper adopted a matey tone with me, as if he were my dearest chum
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Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 16 June 2026
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Adjective
The dynamic is matey and punchy, with lots of high jinks and backslapping.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 16 June 2026
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“Matey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/matey. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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