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cordiality

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cor·dial  (kôrjl)
adj.
1. Warm and sincere; friendly: a cordial greeting; cordial relations. See Synonyms at gracious.
2. Strongly felt; fervent: a cordial abhorrence of waste.
3. Serving to invigorate; stimulating.
n.
1. A stimulant; a tonic.
2. A liqueur.
[Middle English, of the heart, from Medieval Latin cordilis, from Latin cor, cord-, heart; see kerd- in Indo-European roots.]
cor·diali·ty (-jl-t, -j-l-, -d-l-), cordial·ness n.
cordial·ly adv.
cordiality [ˌkɔːdɪˈælɪtɪ]
n pl -ties
warmth of feeling
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cordiality - a cordial disposition
amity
friendliness - a friendly disposition
cordiality
noun warmth, friendliness, affability, geniality, amiability, heartiness They want to solve the problem in an atmosphere of cordiality.
Translations
cordiality [ˌkɔːdɪˈælɪtɪ] N → cordialidad f
cordiality [ˌkɔːrdiˈælɪti] n (= friendliness) [atmosphere, treatment] → cordialité f
cordiality
n → Freundlichkeit f, → Höflichkeit f
cordiality [ˌkɔːdɪˈælɪtɪ] n → cordialità
cordiality [ˌkɔːdɪˈælɪtɪ] n → cordialità


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She received me with equal surprise though not with equal Cordiality, as Philippa.
Love and Friendship by Austen, Jane View in context
To be sure when we consider that I DID take some pains to prevent my brother-in-law's marrying her, this want of cordiality is not very surprizing, and yet it shows an illiberal and vindictive spirit to resent a project which influenced me six years ago, and which never succeeded at last.
Lady Susan by Austen, Jane View in context
His cordiality was proof that he knew I had no wish to speak to him.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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