Usually means: Very friendly, often excessively so.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word palsy-walsy:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. palsy-walsy: Merriam-Webster
  2. palsy-walsy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. palsy-walsy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. palsy-walsy, palsy-walsy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. palsy-walsy: Vocabulary.com
  6. palsy-walsy: Wiktionary
  7. palsy-walsy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. palsy-walsy: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. palsy-walsy: Dictionary.com
  10. palsy-walsy: Rhymezone
  11. palsy-walsy: FreeDictionary.org
  12. palsy-walsy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. palsy-walsy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. palsy-walsy: A Word A Day
  2. palsy-walsy: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. palsy-walsy, palsy-walsy: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (palsy-walsy)

▸ adjective:  (slang) Very friendly, especially in an excessive or artificial way.

Similar:
chummy, friendly, matey, pally, palsy, glad-handed, affable, open-armed, nicey-nicey, goodwilly, more...

Opposite:
aloof, distant, cold, unfriendly, unsociable

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Similar:
chummy, friendly, matey, pally, palsy, glad-handed, affable, open-armed, nicey-nicey, goodwilly, more...

Opposite:
aloof, distant, cold, unfriendly, unsociable



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