hospitable
receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.
characterized by or betokening warmth and generosity toward guests or strangers: a hospitable smile.
favorably receptive or open (usually followed by to): to be hospitable to new ideas; a climate hospitable to the raising of corn.
Origin of hospitable
1Other words from hospitable
- hos·pi·ta·ble·ness, noun
- hos·pi·ta·bly, adverb
Words Nearby hospitable
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How to use hospitable in a sentence
In return we lent the hospitable Post our halftones, and they adorned its first city edition next morning.
The Stacks: H.L. Mencken on the 1904 Baltimore Fire | H.L. Mencken | October 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTo make the environment more hospitable, Abramson made sure they had plenty of snacks.
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But what those hospitable South Carolinians have not heard about is Jay Stamper.
Prankster or Politician? Jay Stamper Says His S.C. Senate Bid Is Real | David Freedlander | October 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWe have a culture that has lost engagement with the process of serving food to people in a hospitable way.
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He was a very tall man, and he had a very tall and hospitable daughter, nearly as big as himself, who received us very cordially.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayGwynne looked more than hospitable as he ran down the veranda steps to assist his guests out of the high buggy.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonWe spent a very happy day at the hospitable country house of Mr. Wardrope, and our cavalcade to the town at night was delightful.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria GrahamVal played the hospitable host; but there was a shadow on his face that his wife did not fail to see.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry WoodThe rulers of his country have always been hospitable and favourably inclined towards my family.
The Double Four | E. Phillips Oppenheim
British Dictionary definitions for hospitable
/ (ˈhɒspɪtəbəl, hɒˈspɪt-) /
welcoming to guests or strangers
fond of entertaining
receptive: hospitable to new ideas
Origin of hospitable
1Derived forms of hospitable
- hospitableness, noun
- hospitably, adverb
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