cordiality
Collocations
5ADJ.
all, evident
VERB + CORDIALITY
greeted, lack, overdone
CORDIALITY + NOUN
adam, co, pleasantness
PREP.
amid, on, with
ADV.
always
Definitions
noun
The quality of being cordial.
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.
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.
A friendly utterance.
to exchange cordialities with people
Lucia rivalled these cordialities with equal fervour and about as much sincerity.
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Synonyms
noun — a cordial disposition
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6Upon 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 co
WiktionaryAdam 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.
Wiktionaryto exchange cordialities with people
WiktionaryHis cordiality may not be authentic.
Tatoeba · #285260He greeted her with cordiality.
Tatoeba · #299827From that day, amid all his cordiality, there was always a touch of suspicion in Mr. Trevor's manner towards me.
Tatoeba · #6981711