Cordial
['kɔːdɪəl] or ['kɔrdʒəl]
Definition
(adj.) sincerely or intensely felt; 'a cordial regard for his visitor's comfort'; 'a cordial abhorrence of waste' .
(adj.) politely warm and friendly; 'a cordial handshake' .
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Definition
(a.) Proceeding from the heart.
(a.) Hearty; sincere; warm; affectionate.
(a.) Tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate; giving strength or spirits.
(n.) Anything that comforts, gladdens, and exhilarates.
(n.) Any invigorating and stimulating preparation; as, a peppermint cordial.
(n.) Aromatized and sweetened spirit, used as a beverage; a liqueur.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Hearty, warm, ardent, affectionate, earnest, sincere, heartfelt.[2]. Grateful, pleasant, refreshing, invigorating, restorative.
n. [1]. Stomachic, stomachal, stimulating medicine.[2]. Liqueur, aromatized spirit.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Warm, earnest, sincere, reviving, invigorating, affectionate, hearty
ANT:Cold, distant, formal, ceremonious
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Definition
adj. hearty: with warmth of heart: sincere: affectionate: reviving the heart or spirits.—n. anything which revives or comforts the heart: a medicine or drink for refreshing the spirits.—adjs. Cor′date (bot.) heart-shaped; Cor′dial-heart′ed.—v.i. Cor′dialise to become cordial to fraternise.—ns. Cordial′ity Cor′dialness.—adv. Cor′dially.—adj. Cor′diform in the form of a heart.
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Examples
- Dorothea spoke in a full cordial tone, half caressing, half explanatory. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The tie between the Dagonets, the du Lacs of Maryland, and their aristocratic Cornish kinsfolk, the Trevennas, had always remained close and cordial. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Her cordial look, when she put out her hand to him, softened his expression, but only with melancholy. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Yet I almost trembled for fear of making the answer too cordial: Graham's tastes are so fastidious. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She uses some odd expressions, but is as cordial and full of heart as sanity itself can be--more so than it often is. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In came Amy, quite calm and delightfully cordial to the one guest who had kept her promise. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- These officers said they would take it upon themselves to insure us a cordial reception. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- To be left to her and her cordial seemed to me something like being left to the poisoner and her bowl. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But my feelings are not only cordial towards _him_; they are even impartial towards Miss King. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- This was always my cordial, to which, like other dram-drinkers, I had eager recourse when unsettled by chagrin. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Armitage and Ramsden smoking, Malone swaggering, your uncle sneering, Mr. Sykes sipping a cordial, and Moore himself in his cold man-of-business vein! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They might choose to vary by some shades their hitherto cordial manner towards me, when aware of my grade in society. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It also touched her, and she showed that it did, by the cordial tone in which she said. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Never had Fanny more wanted a cordial. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- On the lawn where it had gathered, the little party separated with cordial good nights and good-byes, for the Vaughns were going to Canada. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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