Cordiality
/kɔːɹˈd͡ʒæl.ɪ.tiː/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The quality of being cordial. uncountable
"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."
- 2 a cordial disposition wordnet
- 3 A friendly utterance. countable
"to exchange cordialities with people"
Example
More examples"His cordiality may not be authentic."
Etymology
From cordial + -ity.