All 7 Uses of
cordial
in
Great Expectations
- But, he was particular in stipulating that if I were not received with cordiality, or if I were not encouraged to repeat my visit as a visit which had no ulterior object but was simply one of gratitude for a favor received, then this experimental trip should have no successor.†
p. 118.8cordiality = friendliness
- I cordially assented.†
p. 391.1cordially = in a friendly way
- We had all shaken hands cordially, and neither Herbert's eyes nor mine were quite dry, when I saw a four-oared galley shoot out from under the bank but a little way ahead of us, and row out into the same track.†
p. 471.9 *
Uses with a meaning too rare to warrant foucs:
- "Well aged parent," said Wemmick, shaking hands with him in a cordial and jocose way, "how am you?"†
p. 218.4
- Of course I knew better than to offer to see Miss Skiffins home, and under the circumstances I thought I had best go first; which I did, taking a cordial leave of the Aged, and having passed a pleasant evening.†
p. 318.3
- We exchanged a cordial good-night, and I went home, with new matter for my thoughts, though with no relief from the old.†
p. 418.9 *
- There was something charmingly cordial and engaging in the manner in which after saying "Now, Handel," as if it were the grave beginning of a portentous business exordium, he had suddenly given up that tone, stretched out his honest hand, and spoken like a schoolboy.†
p. 479.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(cordial as in: a cordial reception) friendly -- usually warm and heartfelt, but possibly only polite
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, "cordial" can refer to a sweet drink. The drink can be non-alcoholic or alcoholic depending upon region and context.