CORDIALITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cordial disposition

Synonyms:

amity; cordiality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("cordiality" is a kind of...):

friendliness (a friendly disposition)

Derivation:

cordial (diffusing warmth and friendliness)

cordial (politely warm and friendly)

Credits

Context examples:

That Wolf Larsen had turned the liquor loose among his men surprised me, but he evidently knew their psychology and the best method of cementing in cordiality, what had begun in bloodshed.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

All Elizabeth's anger against him had been long done away; but had she still felt any, it could hardly have stood its ground against the unaffected cordiality with which he expressed himself on seeing her again.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

My dear Copperfield, he returned, pressing my hand, your cordiality overpowers me.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

A degree of unexpected cordiality, however, in the welcome she received, did her good.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

He was welcomed by them all with great cordiality, but especially by Marianne, who showed more warmth of regard in her reception of him than even Elinor herself.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

In the drawing-room they were met with equal cordiality by the mother, and Miss Bertram had all the distinction with each that she could wish.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

They shook hands with great cordiality; and then, till her sister came down, she had to listen to all he had to say of his own happiness, and of Jane's perfections; and in spite of his being a lover, Elizabeth really believed all his expectations of felicity to be rationally founded, because they had for basis the excellent understanding, and super-excellent disposition of Jane, and a general similarity of feeling and taste between her and himself.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

This had just taken place and with great cordiality, when John Knightley made his appearance, and How d'ye do, George? and John, how are you? succeeded in the true English style, burying under a calmness that seemed all but indifference, the real attachment which would have led either of them, if requisite, to do every thing for the good of the other.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

I know that had I been a sanguine, brilliant, careless, exacting, handsome, romping child—though equally dependent and friendless—Mrs. Reed would have endured my presence more complacently; her children would have entertained for me more of the cordiality of fellow-feeling; the servants would have been less prone to make me the scapegoat of the nursery.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)