What's the difference between cordially and kindly?

Cordially


Definition:

  • (adv.) In a cordial manner.

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.

Kindly


Definition:

  • (n.) According to the kind or nature; natural.
  • (n.) Humane; congenial; sympathetic; hence, disposed to do good to; benevolent; gracious; kind; helpful; as, kindly affections, words, acts, etc.
  • (n.) Favorable; mild; gentle; auspicious; beneficent.
  • (adv.) Naturally; fitly.
  • (adv.) In a kind manner; congenially; with good will; with a disposition to make others happy, or to oblige.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Power urges the security council to "take the kind of credible, binding action warranted."
  • (2) The origins of aging of higher forms of life, particularly humans, is presented as the consequence of an evolved balance between 4 specific kinds of dysfunction-producing events and 4 kinds of evolved counteracting effects in long-lived forms.
  • (3) We’re learning to store peak power in all kinds of ways: a California auction for new power supply was won by a company that uses extra solar energy to freeze ice, which then melts during the day to supply power.
  • (4) Two kinds of silicafiberscopes with outer diameters 0.80 and 0.45 mm were used in the present study.
  • (5) Among the 295 nonpathogenic strains, 115 were sensitive to all antibiotics whereas the rest were resistant to 1-5 kinds of antibiotics.
  • (6) The choice is partly technical – what kind of trading arrangement do we want with the EU?
  • (7) Further, metastatic tumors were capable of being successfully grown in a high percentage of cases, which was comparable to the results obtained for other kinds of tumors.
  • (8) The size of Florida makes the kind of face-to-face politics of the earlier contests impossible, requiring instead huge ad spending.
  • (9) Once the temperature rises above 28C, shoppers' behaviour changes in all kinds of ways, according to Jones.
  • (10) High score on the hysteria scale of Middlesex Hospital Questionnaire was a risk indicator for all kinds of back pain.
  • (11) Looks like some kind of dissent, with Ameobi having words with Phil Dowd at the kick off after Liverpool's second goal.
  • (12) Intoxications arising from therapeutic activities pertaining to this cult are of the same kind as those encountered in the practice of Modern Medicine.
  • (13) A certain amount of relaparotomies after small bowel surgery is caused by technical failures, such as the technique of suturing the anastomosis and the kind of re-establishing the continuity of the bowel.
  • (14) I believe that what we need is a nonviolent national general strike of the kind that has been more common in Europe than here.
  • (15) The authors have analyzed their observations of 113 patients and concluded that it is necessary to differentially use various kinds of osteosynthesis and bone autoplasty.
  • (16) This factor was named interleukin-8 (IL-8) since it is produced by various kinds of cells in response to inflammatory stimuli including LPS, IL-1 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and has pleiotropic effects on T lymphocytes and basophils as well as neutrophils.
  • (17) Both kinds of experiments show that 1, 25-(OH)2D3 has effects on embryonic bone which are typical for high concentrations of parathyroid hormone (PTH).
  • (18) Originally, it was to be named Le Reve, after one of the Picassos that Wynn and his wife own; but, as of last month, it is to be called Wynn Las Vegas, embodying a dream of a different kind.
  • (19) The results showed the kind of needling sensation while acupuncture had close relation with the appearance of PSM and the acupuncture effect.
  • (20) Will African film-makers tell those kind of films differently?

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