cordiality
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[edit]- enPR: kôr-jăl′ĭ-tē, -jē-ăl′-, -dē-ăl′-
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɔːɹˈd͡ʒæl.ɪ.tiː/, /-d͡ʒiːˈæl-/, /-diːˈæl-/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /koɹˈd͡ʒæl.ɪ.ti/, /-d͡ʒiˈæl-/, /-diˈæl-/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /koːɹˈd͡ʒæl.ɪ.tiː/, /-d͡ʒiːˈæl-/, /-diːˈæl-/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /koːɹˈd͡ʒɛl.ə.tiː/, /-d͡ʒiːˈɛl-/, /-diːˈɛl-/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /koɹˈd͡ʒal.ɪ.ti/, /-d͡ʒiˈal-/, /-diˈal-/
- (India) IPA(key): /koːɾˈd͡ʒæl.i.ʈiː/, /-d͡ʒiːˈæl-/, /-ɖiːˈæl-/
- Rhymes: -ælɪti
- Hyphenation: cor‧dial‧i‧ty
Noun
[edit]cordiality (countable and uncountable, plural cordialities)
- (uncountable) The quality of being cordial.
- 1839, Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher[1]:
- 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.
- (countable) A friendly utterance.
- to exchange cordialities with people
- 1931, E. F. Benson, chapter 5, in Mapp and Lucia[2]:
- Lucia rivalled these cordialities with equal fervour and about as much sincerity.
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[edit]quality of being cordial
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friendly utterance
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