All 11 Uses of
cordial
in
Arrowsmith
- He was cordial now in all his letters, however much he irritated them by the parental advice with which he penalized them for every check he sent.†
Chpt 10
- "How is everything, Martin?" he said cordially.†
Chpt 11 *
- Pickerbaugh had a way of pressing his thumb into the back of your hand which was extraordinarily cordial and painful.†
Chpt 19
- Martin, very busy, restrained his desire to observe, "You win— g' by!" and he buzzed, with the cordiality suitable to a new Assistant Director: "No, I'm afraid I can't."†
Chpt 20
- Even more than Clay Tredgold was he a leader of the Ashford Grove aristocracy, but, while he stood like an invading barbarian in the blue and silver room, Schlemihl was cordial: "Glad meet yuh, Doctor.†
Chpt 22
- He was cordial; he invited Martin to step out for a dish of tea as though he almost meant it; but beside him Martin felt young, rustic, inept.†
Chpt 24
- …offensive briskness of the man who has numerous engagements, or the yet more offensive quietness of the person who is amused by his inferiors; master technicians, readers of papers at medical congresses, executives and controllers, unafraid to operate before a hundred peering doctors, or to give well-bred and exceedingly final orders to subordinates; captaingenerals of medicine, never doubting themselves, great priests and healers; men mature and wise and careful and blandly cordial.†
Chpt 25
- But the Director was as cordial to the insignificant Martin Arrowsmith as though Martin were a visiting senator.†
Chpt 26
- So cordial—and so helpful.†
Chpt 29
- Holabird rose, straight and handsome and cordial, his hand out.†
Chpt 38
- With excessive cordiality, with excessive applause when Clif remarked, "You better go back to work and put some salt on a coupla bacteria's tails," Martin guided him to the reception-room, safely past the girl clerk, and to the elevator.†
Chpt 39
Definition:
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(cordial as in: a cordial reception) friendly -- usually warm and heartfelt, but possibly only polite