cordiality
Syllables: cor·dial·i·ty/kɔːɹˈd͡ʒæl.ɪ.tiː/US/koɹˈd͡ʒæl.ɪ.ti/
cordiality noun: the quality of being cordial.
Noun
cordiality (countable and uncountable, plural cordialities)
- 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
- Synonyms:
- empressement, affability, amiability, friendliness, warmth
- 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
cordiality meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Urdu
cordiality in Hindi
- quality of being cordial
- सौहार्द sauhārd, सद्भाव sadbhāv
cordiality in Tamil
- உளமார்ந்த அன்பு, கலப்பு
cordiality in Urdu
- چاؤ, خاطرداری, خلوص, لطف, مدارا
Synonyms of cordiality
Forms of cordiality
| plural | cordialities |
|---|---|
| alternative form | cordialness |
Origin of cordiality
From cordial + -ity.
Words formed from cordiality
Words that rhyme with cordiality
- modality
- plurality
- locality
- personality
- reality
- fatality
- morality
- bestiality
- potentiality
- sexuality
- duality
- formality
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- instrumentality
- irrationality
- tonality
- asexuality
- banality
- brutality
- centrality
- externality
- generality
- hospitality
- normality
- totality
- causality
- confidentiality
- conventionality
- dimensionality
- eventuality
- extraterritoriality
- fantasticality
- homosexuality
- immorality
- legality
- lethality
- mentality
- notionality
- sensuality
- surreality
- temporality
- androsexuality
- chirality
- congeniality
- dentality
- diapersexuality
- finality
- fursonality
- geniality
- grammaticality
- graysexuality
- gynesexuality
- gynosexuality
- institutionality
- joviality
- magnality
- mysticality
- omnipotentiality
- speciality
- sphericality
- topicality
Questions about cordiality
- What does cordiality mean?
- Cordiality means the quality of being cordial.
- What is cordiality in Hindi?
- Cordiality in Hindi is सौहार्द (sauhārd), सद्भाव (sadbhāv). See Cordiality meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cordiality?
- Cordiality is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cordiality?
- Cordiality is pronounced /kɔːɹˈd͡ʒæl.ɪ.tiː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cordiality?
- The plural of cordiality is cordialities.
Words near cordiality in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cordiality (page history and authors); cordiality (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cordiality (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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