cordiality
nounUK /kɔːɹˈd͡ʒæl.ɪ.tiː/ · CA, US /koɹˈd͡ʒæl.ɪ.ti/
Etymology From cordial + -ity.
1
The quality of being cordial.
- 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.1839, Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher:
- 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.1930, Evelyn Waugh, chapter V, in Vile Bodies, New York: Back Bay Books, published 1999:
2
A friendly utterance.
- to exchange cordialities with people
- Lucia rivalled these cordialities with equal fervour and about as much sincerity.1931, E. F. Benson, chapter 5, in Mapp and Lucia:
- Synonyms
- affability, amiability, friendliness, warmth
- Derived terms
- uncordiality
- Related terms
- cordially