Cordiality

Quick meaning: Cordiality is a noun meaning (uncountable) The quality of being cordial.

Meaning

(uncountable) The quality of being cordial.

More Meanings

1. (countable) A friendly utterance.

Example Sentences

to exchange cordialities with people

Lucia rivalled these cordialities with equal fervour and about as much sincerity.

Adam gave her—the spaniel, not Mrs. Florin—a gentle prod with his foot and a lump of sugar. She licked his shoe with evident cordiality. Adam was not above feeling flattered by friendliness in dogs.

Upon my entrance, Usher rose from a sofa on which he had been lying at full length, and greeted me with a vivacious warmth which had much in it, I at first thought, of an overdone cordiality—of the constrained effort of the ennuyé man of the world.

Word Forms

• cordialities
• cordialness

Synonyms for cordiality

Depending on context, synonyms include affability, amiability, friendliness, warmth, amity.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include amity, friendly, friendliness, goodwill, conviviality, friendship.

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