All 7 Uses

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It could be that their cordiality and handshaking had been nothing but stiff formality, that underneath they hated each other.†
Chpt 20 *

cordiality = friendliness
Ishmael had stood beside her at church while she greeted her friends and acquaintances with the sort of cordiality and genuine feeling he couldn't muster in himself.†
Chpt 24
They came to the house dressed in overcoats and checkered scarves, reeking of pomade and shaving soap, and sat down to snifters of blackberry cordial, after which Arthur declined to run for office, telling the gentlemen from Amity Harbor that he harbored no illusions, that he preferred to turn sentences and prune his mulberry hedges.†
Chpt 4
He learned to be cordial to everyone—a sophisticated and ultimately false front.†
Chpt 4
Arthur did so; he sent a full refund to each customer who canceled, and a personal note written in a cordial style.†
Chpt 13
The Los Angeles people were not very cordial and looked down on her for some inexplicable reason; she could not get a word in with them edgewise.†
Chpt 15
He'd had a cordial, lonely, persevering face, and Ishmael turned now to stare into it, for there was a portrait of Arthur hung on the wall just to the left of a bookcase.†
Chpt 31

Definitions:

(1) (cordial as in: a cordial reception)
friendly -- usually warm and heartfelt, but possibly only polite
(2) (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.