Both Uses of
cordial
in
The Iceman Cometh
- LARRY—(without cordiality) What's up?†
Act 1 *cordiality = friendliness
- I was accepted socially with all the warm cordiality that Henry Wadsworth Longfellow would have shown a drunken Negress dancing the can can at high noon on Brattle Street.†
Act 1
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.