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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
cordially
adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
invite
▪ It was made clear that all missioners, superintendents and hearing clergymen interested in deaf people were cordially invited to attend.
▪ The boys were at school and the farmer cordially invited him in.
▪ All members, spouses and friends are cordially invited.
▪ We cordially invite you to learn more about our community, enjoy our warm hospitality and join in the fun!
▪ All members are cordially invited to attend.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ I should have agreed with him more cordially if that one man had been somebody else.
▪ I was able to work cordially with Jan.
▪ It was a happy day when it dawned on me that there was no actual impediment to my cordially disliking both lots.
▪ It was made clear that all missioners, superintendents and hearing clergymen interested in deaf people were cordially invited to attend.
▪ The President greeted me cordially, but formally-the way he did heads of uncooperative states.
▪ The Volunteers were received cordially but with restraint.
▪ They were required to remain together in the public eye, but in reality loathed each other cordially.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cordially

Cordially \Cor"dial*ly\, adv. In a cordial manner. -- Dr. H. More.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
cordially

late 15c., "by heart," from cordial + -ly (2). Meaning "heartily" is from 1530s; weakened sense of "with friendliness" is attested by 1781.

Wiktionary
cordially

adv. In a cordial, warm or friendly manner.

WordNet
cordially

adv. in a hearty manner; "`Yes,' the children chorused heartily"; "We welcomed her warmly" [syn: heartily, warmly]

Usage examples of "cordially".

Lutheran, Calvinist, and Anabaptist continued to compete for the leadership and hated each other cordially.

The next day Ayrton awoke from his torpor, and his companions cordially manifested all the joy they felt, on seeing him again, almost safe and sound, after a hundred and four days separation.

Each, for reasons of her or his own, cordially disliked the Bugologist, and each could not but welcome evidence to warrant such dislike.

When he arrived back at The Forks of Cypress after his long trek home, he was greeted with surprising warmth by Letitia, and cordially by Sally and Lizzie.

I received fifty ounces more, we dined together like old friends, and embraced each other cordially.

Emily, finding from her inquiries that Gertrude would be a welcome and expected guest, cordially approved of the visit, and also arranged with Mrs.

When George came for Gertrude, Miss Pace, who seemed really sorry to part with her, cordially invited her to come again, and Gertrude promised to do so.

Squire Gooch somewhat less than cordially invited me to join the family at supper, which featured a dish called gumbo.

Later he learned that Hodge and Merry had called at the home of Fairfax Lee, after he had given over his vigil, and had been cordially admitted, and had accompanied Inza and Elsie to a banquet, which was attended by the whole Merriwell set.

Stefanovsky, your old friend, cordially invites you to come for a benefit concert in Rio de Janeiro, and looks forward to seeing you there.

Although the Episcopalians and the Presbyterians are the two dominant sects in Great Britain, all the others are welcomed there, and live together very fairly, whilst most of the preachers hate one another almost as cordially as a Jansenist damns a Jesuit.

States, cordially concurring with the Congress of the United States, in the penitential and pious sentiments expressed in the aforesaid resolutions, and heartily approving of the devotional design and purpose thereof, do hereby appoint the first Thursday of August next to be observed by the people of the United States as a day of national humiliation and prayer.

He remained cordially dislikedand, to an extent, fearedby much of the political establishment and, above all, by the present Taoiseach, a certain Joseph Patrick Delaney.

Buxted a stiff apology for this incivility he cordially agreed with Felix that the fellow was an encroaching windsucker, a prosy bore, and, probably, a slow-top into the bargain.

He was a good guard, and always ready to take charge of prisoners, or be sentry around wagons or a forage pile-duties that most of the boys cordially hated.