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CORDIALLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a hearty manner
Example:
We welcomed her warmly
Synonyms:
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Pertainym:
cordial (politely warm and friendly)
Context examples:
But Mrs Musgrove, who got Anne near her on purpose to thank her most cordially, again and again, for all her attentions to them, concluded a short recapitulation of what she had suffered herself by observing, with a happy glance round the room, that after all she had gone through, nothing was so likely to do her good as a little quiet cheerfulness at home.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
"Why, surely," he answered, cordially.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He greeted me cordially; and told me I should certainly be happy under Doctor Strong, who was one of the gentlest of men.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
He came with Mrs. Weston, to whom and to Highbury he seemed to take very cordially.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
‘How has all gone with you Musgrave?’ I asked, after we had cordially shaken hands.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
They were not welcomed home very cordially by their mother.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
He said much of his earnest desire of their living in the most sociable terms with his family, and pressed them so cordially to dine at Barton Park every day till they were better settled at home, that, though his entreaties were carried to a point of perseverance beyond civility, they could not give offence.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
The Press and the Public are but vague personifications for me, and I must thank them in vague terms; but my Publishers are definite: so are certain generous critics who have encouraged me as only large-hearted and high-minded men know how to encourage a struggling stranger; to them, i.e., to my Publishers and the select Reviewers, I say cordially, Gentlemen, I thank you from my heart.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
When she went home, he walked with her to her own gate, shook hands cordially, and touched his hat as he marched back again, looking very stately and erect, like a handsome, soldierly old gentleman, as he was.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Then she was shrinking again into herself, and blushing and working as hard as ever; but it had been enough to give Edmund encouragement for his friend, and as he cordially thanked him, he hoped to be expressing Fanny's secret feelings too.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
