cordiality
noun
cordial quality or feeling.
cordialities
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pluralof cordiality.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Silicon Valley is generally considered to have a laid back Californian culture, but behind all of the polite cordialities, there rests a necessary cutthroat attitude.
From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2015
After brief cordialities, Tenet got down to business.
From Time Magazine Archive
From many a page what cordialities step forth to console and to fortify us; what divine depths we come upon; what sudden vistas of sunshine through tempest-shaken shadows; what bursts of splendor through nebulous mutterings.
From Essays Æsthetical by George H. (George Henry) Calvert
That morning she had received Penrose with the outward cordialities of welcome which are offered to an old and dear friend.
From The Black Robe by Wilkie Collins
To what end the house, if not for conversation, kindly manners, the entertainment of friendships, the cordialities that render the house large, and the ready receptacle of hosts and guests?
From Tablets by Amos Bronson Alcott
