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The definition of cordial is someone who is nice and friendly.

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An example of cordial is when you say hello to someone who has just entered the room and offer to help them find a place to sit down.

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See cordial in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

Rare stimulating the heart; invigorating; reviving
1. warm and friendly; hearty: a cordial hello
2. sincere; deeply felt: a cordial distaste for formality

Origin: ME < ML cordialis < L cor (gen. cordis), heart

noun

Rare a medicine, food, or drink that stimulates the heart
an aromatic, syrupy alcoholic drink; liqueur

Related Forms:

cordially adverb
cordialness noun

See cordial in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Warm and sincere; friendly: a cordial greeting; cordial relations. See Synonyms at gracious.
Strongly felt; fervent: a cordial abhorrence of waste.
Serving to invigorate; stimulating.

noun

A stimulant; a tonic.
A liqueur.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English, of the heart

Origin: , from Medieval Latin cordiālis

Origin: , from Latin cor, cord-, heart; see kerd- in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

cor·dialˈi·ty (-jălˈĭ-tē, -jē-ălˈ-, -dē-ălˈ-), corˈdial·ness noun

corˈdial·ly adverb

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