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Webster 1913 Edition
Cordiality
Cor-dial′i-ty
(kôr-jăl′ĭ-ty̆ or kôrˊdĭ-ăl′-; 106)
, Noun.
pl.
Cordialities
(-tĭz)
. [LL.
cordialitas
, fr. cordialis
sincere: cf. F. cordialité
.] 1.
Relation to the heart.
[Obs.]
That the ancients had any respect of
cordiality
or reference unto the heart, will much be doubted. Sir T. Browne.
2.
Sincere affection and kindness; warmth of regard; heartiness.
Motley.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cordiality
CORDIALITY
,Noun.
1.
Relation to the heart. [Not used.]2.
Sincerity; freedom from hypocrisy; sincere affection and kindness.Our friends were received with cordiality.
Definition 2024
cordiality
cordiality
English
Noun
cordiality (countable and uncountable, plural cordialities)
- The quality of being cordial.
- 1839, Edgar Allan Poe, “The Fall of the House of Usher”
- 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.
- 1930, Evelyn Waugh, Vile Bodies, New York: Back Bay Books, 1999, Chapter V,
- 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.
- 1839, Edgar Allan Poe, “The Fall of the House of Usher”
- A friendly utterance.
- 1931, E. F. Benson, Mapp and Lucia, Chapter 5,
- Lucia rivalled these cordialities with equal fervour and about as much sincerity.
- to exchange cordialities with people
- 1931, E. F. Benson, Mapp and Lucia, Chapter 5,