cordiality

English

Alternative forms

• cordialness

Etymology

From cordial +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kôr-jăl′ĭ-tē, -jē-ăl′-, -dē-ăl′-
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɔːɹˈd͡ʒæl.ɪ.tiː/, /-d͡ʒiːˈæl-/, /-diːˈæl-/

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• (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

cordiality (countable and uncountable, plural cordialities)

2. (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.

4. (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.

Synonyms

• affability
• amiability
• friendliness
• warmth

Derived terms

• uncordiality

Related terms

• cordially

Translations

quality of being cordial

• Armenian: սիրալիություն (hy) (siraliutʻyun)
• German: Herzlichkeit (de) f
• Polish: serdeczność (pl) f, kordialność (pl) f
• Spanish: cordialidad (es) f

friendly utterance

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• Polish: grzeczność (pl) f
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Anagrams

• radiolytic