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Definition
friendly — usually warm and heartfelt, but possibly only polite
- Welcome or not, I found it necessary to attach myself to some one before I should begin to address cordial remarks to the passers-by.p. 42.7
- Mr. Sloane didn't enter into the conversation, but lounged back haughtily in his chair; the woman said nothing either — until unexpectedly, after two highballs, she became cordial.p. 102.6
There are no more uses of "cordial" in The Great Gatsby.
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