All 5 Uses of
cordial
in
Catch-22
- Milo's office was a barbershop, and his deputy mayor was a pudgy barber from whose obsequious lips cordial greetings foamed as effusively as the lather he began whipping up in Milo's shaving cup.†
Chpt 22 *
- When he sat with them he had no need to sit with anyone else; his problem of where to sit was solved, and he was protected against the undesired company of all those fellow officers who invariably welcomed him with excessive cordiality when he approached and waited uncomfortably for him to go away.†
Chpt 25
- General Peckem was blossoming spryly with cordiality again.†
Chpt 29
- 'Please make yourself comfortable, Chaplain,' invited the colonel cordially, switching on a blinding spotlight and shooting it squarely into the chaplain's face.†
Chpt 36
- 'Great,' said Colonel Korn with somewhat less cordiality than Yossarian had expected, and he slid himself off Colonel Cathcart's desk to stand on the floor.†
Chpt 40
Definition:
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(cordial as in: a cordial reception) friendly -- usually warm and heartfelt, but possibly only polite