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cordiality

[ kawr-jal-i-tee, kawr-jee-al- or, esp. British, -dee-al- ]

/ kɔrˈdʒæl ɪ ti, ˌkɔr dʒiˈæl- or, esp. British, -diˈæl- /

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noun, plural cor·dial·i·ties for 2.

cordial quality or feeling.

an expression of cordial feeling.

Origin of cordiality

First recorded in 1590–1600; cordial + -ity

SYNONYMS FOR cordiality

1 warmth, friendliness, geniality, heartiness.

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OTHER WORDS FROM cordiality

un·cor·dial·i·ty, noun

Words nearby cordiality

cordelier, cordeliers, cordelle, cordgrass, cordial, cordiality, cordierite, cordiform, cordiform pelvis, cordiform uterus, cordillera

Example sentences from the Web for cordiality

The great drawback to the efficiency of the army was the want of cordiality between Gates and Arnold.

Burgoyne's Invasion of 1777 |Samuel Adams Drake
Immediately on learning that I was in the city, he came to visit me, and we embraced with cordiality.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. II |Robert Kerr
There seems to be a cordiality in making these junctions, for general accommodation, that cannot but deserve praise.

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 455 |Various
My informant states that there was not that cordiality between them he would have wished to see at Carthagena.

Cornish Worthies, Volume 2 (of 2) |Walter H. Tregellas

Piper, with a Western taste for convenience and cordiality, had adopted this mode of referring to Scofield.

True and Other Stories |George Parsons Lathrop

British Dictionary definitions for cordiality

cordiality

/ (ˌkɔːdɪˈælɪtɪ) /

noun plural -ties

warmth of feeling