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Cordialness

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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.
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