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cordial
/ˈkɔɹ.di.əl/
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What does cordial mean?
adjective
- Hearty; sincere; warm; affectionate.
- Radiating warmth and friendliness; genial.
noun
- A concentrated non-carbonated soft drink which is diluted with water before drinking.
More meanings (8)
noun
- An individual serving of such a diluted drink.
- A pleasant-tasting medicine.
- A liqueur prepared using the infusion process.
- A candy (or bonbon) usually made of milk chocolate, filled with small fruits (often maraschino cherries) and syrup or fondant.
- Anything that revives or comforts, a stimulant.
- soda, fizzy drink
adjective
- (rare) Tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate; giving strength or spirits.
- (obsolete) Proceeding from the heart.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈkɔɹ.di.əl/
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The greater part of the Friends of the A B C were students, who were on cordial terms with the working classes.
I had not much leisure during the week days, but occasionally on Sunday afternoons my sister and myself enjoyed their cordial hospitality.
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We exchanged a cordial good-night, and I went home, with new matter for my thoughts, though with no relief from the old.
If different at all from what it was before, it is, in my presence at least, more cordial, more friendly, more kind.
When she heard of his arrival she almost ran into the drawing room, flushed and beaming with a more than cordial smile.