Cordiality

//kɔːɹˈd͡ʒæl.ɪ.tiː// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a cordial disposition wordnet
  3. 3
    A friendly utterance. countable

    "to exchange cordialities with people"

Synonyms

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affabilityaffabilityagreeabilityagreeablenessamenityamiability

Example

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"His cordiality may not be authentic."

Etymology

From cordial + -ity.

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