Definition of Cordial

Cordial

Proceeding from the heart.

Hearty; sincere; warm; affectionate.

Tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate; giving strength or spirits.

Anything that comforts, gladdens, and exhilarates.

Any invigorating and stimulating preparation; as, a peppermint cordial.

Aromatized and sweetened spirit, used as a beverage; a liqueur.

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Cordial Quotations

The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms. Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him.
Auguste Rodin

I have worked in a very close and cordial way with Norwegian representatives at many international meetings, and the pleasure I felt at those associations was equaled only by the profit I always secured from them.
Lester B. Pearson

Our object should be peace within, and peace without. We want to live peacefully and maintain cordial friendly relations with our immediate neighbours and with the world at large.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Hope is the cordial that keeps life from stagnating.
Samuel Richardson

Nobody can deny but religion is a comfort to the distressed, a cordial to the sick, and sometimes a restraint on the wicked; therefore whoever would argue or laugh it out of the world without giving some equivalent for it ought to be treated as a common enemy.
Mary Wortley Montagu

At every stage of my career I have had interesting and cordial colleagues, some of whom are close friends.
Daniel Nathans

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Cordial Translations

cordial in Afrikaans is innig
cordial in Dutch is innig, hartelijk
cordial in French is cordial, liant
cordial in German is herzlich
cordial in Italian is cordiale, succo, affettuoso
cordial in Spanish is risue o, cordial

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