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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals [syn: chummy, matey, pally, palsy-walsy]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1915 chiefly British companionable • mateyness noun, chiefly British

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. (also maty) --adj. (matier, matiest) (often foll. by with) sociable; familiar and friendly. --n. Brit. (pl. -eys) colloq. (usu. as a form of address) mate, companion. Derivatives: mateyness n. (also matiness). matily adv.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If someone is matey, they behave in a very friendly way, usually without sincerity. (BRIT INFORMAL) ...her irritatingly matey tone. ADJ 2. You can address someone as matey when you are being friendly towards them. People sometimes also use matey when they are annoyed with someone. (BRIT INFORMAL) No problem, matey. N-VOC [feelings]