All 7 Uses
cordial
in
Lost Horizon
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- It is, however, an attitude that I most cordially welcome.†
Chpt 8cordially = in a friendly way
- Conway responded cordially, and afterwards, when he and Chang were left together, commented on the vividness with which the lamas appeared to recollect their pre-Tibetan lives.†
Chpt 9 *
- Wyland's attitude as we made our farewells was still one of official propriety suffering in silence, but Sanders was very cordial and he said he hoped to meet us again sometime.†
Chpt Prol.
- I did so, and received a cordial, though naturally a somewhat astonished, welcome.†
Chpt Prol.
- Conway's smile became more definitely cordial.†
Chpt 6
- And indeed in the years to follow it happened that more than one party of explorers, glorying in their first distant glimpse of Karakal, encountered messengers bearing a cordial invitation—and one that was rarely declined.†
Chpt 7
- He held the High Lama in most cordial respect, but he did not see why their social relations should be anything less than urbane.†
Chpt 9
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) Less commonly, "cordial" can refer to a sweet drink. The drink can be non-alcoholic or alcoholic depending upon region and context.