(a.) Tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate; giving strength or spirits.
(n.) Anything that comforts, gladdens, and exhilarates.
(n.) Any invigorating and stimulating preparation; as, a peppermint cordial.
(n.) Aromatized and sweetened spirit, used as a beverage; a liqueur.
Example Sentences:
(1) The low pH carbonated drink, coca-cola, and a blackcurrent cordial produced no effects.
(2) As the final whistle blew, Wenger, suddenly wreathed in smiles, hugged his staff, players and even Alan Pardew, a managerial rival with whom he has not always enjoyed the most cordial of technical area relations.
(3) The prime minister arrived in Brussels on Tuesday lunchtime for what was expected to be his final set-piece EU summit before he steps down promising that that UK would remain cordial in the exit talks.
(4) Non-carbonated, low-calorie soft drink concentrates (cordials), when diluted according to manufacturers' instructions, had significant antibacterial effects in vitro.
(5) On the surface, US-South African relations are cordial and have improved since the presidencies of George Bush and Thabo Mbeki, though Washington's intervention in Libya alienated many here.
(6) Naturally contaminated water can be rendered potable by incubation with cordials at room temperature for 1 h. This may be a way to reduce the risk of water-borne diarrhoea, particularly where the cleanliness of drinking waters cannot be otherwise assured, for example when making up oral rehydration fluids and for travellers in high-risk areas.
(7) Yet Clements still has to deal with the Sassenachs down at the ITV network centre on a weekly basis, saying that relationships are "on a professional and personal level very cordial".
(8) Both sides will inevitably stress the friendly, cordial nature of the Downing Street meeting, and Hollande's style is conciliatory and non-confrontational.
(9) The Canadian prime minister, Stephen Harper, who spoke on the phone with Marois in what was described as a "cordial first contact", said he was "angered and saddened" by the shooting.
(10) In the intervening year of can-kicking, you could argue that nothing's changed in terms of the options offered, from Brussels and Frankfurt, to Athens: they are still cordially enjoined to stick with the programme or leave the euro, and that programme is still one that nobody with a real choice would ever vote for.
(11) Cordiality, an easy intimacy with the Brazilian people and the game of football could only get a president so far.
(12) With allegations of cheap practice flying like left hooks around the Olympic boxing tournament, it took an Englishman and an Irishman to settle their legitimate sporting argument with admirable cordiality, Luke Campbell getting the better of John Joe Nevin to win Great Britain's 28th gold medal of the Games.
(13) A toast, marmalade optional, to Colin Firth, who has quit a film version of Paddington with a grace befitting this most cordial of bears.
(14) Coyle is a parliamentary newbie elected only in May, so we might cordially warn him and all those Labour and Conservative MPs who have shrieked about “bullying” that they spent this week in presentational danger of reducing a bombing campaign to what Alfred Hitchcock called a MacGuffin – “a plot device that motivates the characters and advances the story”, but which is often unimportant in itself.
(15) But it shouldn’t be too much to ask for cordial and businesslike relations to be established with Jewish groups.
(16) But it is understood that while Ivanovic appreciated the call, which was cordial, he stopped short of accepting the apology.
(17) After the event Crowley described the discussion as "cordial and positive".
(18) Last month, in a report of Sarkozy's visit to Berlin to discuss the Greek crisis, Der Spiegel wrote: "The welcome will once again appear very cordial… Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel will also work the cameras this time around … a kiss on the left cheek, a peck on the right one, smiles and waving.
(19) Alban said she held "cordial and constructive" talks with the government at the FCO.
(20) But experts say the public enthusiasm masks profound suspicions and even animosity and believe the behind-the-scenes conversations have the potential to be far less cordial.
Friendliness
Definition:
(n.) The condition or quality of being friendly.
Example Sentences:
(1) Everywhere I was treated with friendliness and kindness by service users, usually depicted as "low life" and "inadequates".
(2) A multivariate discriminate analysis of 13 variables on 91 healthy and 63 nervous dogs assayed at 3 months of age shows: (1) that much of our present behavioral testing procedures is redundant, and (2) that simple "friendliness to humans" in the dog is as effective for discriminating between the two groups as any of the 13 measures, taken either singly or collectively.
(3) Skipton's high street is a past winner of the Academy of Urbanism's ( academyofurbanism.org.uk) award for the greatest street in the land judged on criteria including user friendliness, local character and distinctiveness, environmental and social sustainability and commercial success and viability.
(4) The firmness of a handshake carries meaning as clearly as words, in the same way that a smile radiates confidence and friendliness.
(5) Its people ask very little but offer all they have - hospitality, warmth, friendliness and willingness to help.
(6) Most designations of bike-friendliness have gone not to proper cities but college towns: Davis, Boulder, Long Beach, Iowa City – places that, while pleasant enough, command little national, let alone international import.
(7) Attention is paid to the anti-decubitus quality, the users-friendliness for medical attendants, nursing attendants and the patient himself, the maintenance-friendliness and the cost-price.
(8) If you add the inauguration pivot to the president's other recent contacts with the business world, you get something that looks almost like friendliness.
(9) Significant improvements in the accessibility, operation and user-friendliness of the program have been made, facilitated by recent advances in microcomputer technology.
(10) The IMAGE image analysis language guarantees user friendliness, and, last but not least, the enormous amount of software offers accurate, reproducible measurements and dedicated evaluation programs.
(11) ", the mock friendliness sounding especially hollow.
(12) Especially on-trend these days is an ersatz, kitschy friendliness .
(13) A multicenter field trial is currently gathering data that will allow researchers to compare the performance characteristics of each set of criteria, including dimensions such as classification rates, reliability, and user-friendliness.
(14) It is argued that it is not helpful to view evaluation as a method for achieving user-friendliness, rather it should be seen as a participating activity within design and development.
(15) The "user-friendliness" and efficacy of this percutaneous filter makes it a treatment of choice in the partial interruption of the inferior vena cava.
(16) Given my tendency to wear women’s clothes, while looking like a man, I expect I could have got beaten up easily.” Six UK universities get top marks for gay-friendliness Read more However, Grainger says that universities can only do so much to support students.
(17) If the climate friendliness of the third runway depends on huge, politically unimaginable tax rises on flights by the UK government and an end to international buck passing, what is to be done?
(18) Thoughtfulness and Personal Relations showed cultural declines during the time period studied, whereas Friendliness showed a long-term cultural decline.
(19) Ghana was selected because of its friendliness, enthusiasm for the project, and helpful co-operation given in initial planning.
(20) Hostility decreased and friendliness increased in depressives after amitriptyline; upon recovery, there were no significant differences in hostility between depressed patients and control subjects, whereas such differences were striking during the illness.