cordiality

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English

Etymology

From cordial +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ælɪti
  • Hyphenation: cor‧dial‧ity

Noun

cordiality (countable and uncountable, plural cordialities)

  1. 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, chapter V, in Vile Bodies, New York: Back Bay Books, published 1999:
      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.
  2. A friendly utterance.
    to exchange cordialities with people
    • 1931, E. F. Benson, chapter 5, in Mapp and Lucia:
      Lucia rivalled these cordialities with equal fervour and about as much sincerity.

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