cordially

English

Etymology

From cordial +‎ -ly. Compare Middle English cordyally (“by heart”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹd͡ʒəli/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːdɪəli/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: cor‧dial‧ly

Adverb

cordially (comparative more cordially, superlative most cordially)

1. In a cordial, warm, friendly or heartfelt manner.
   • 1893, Royal Geographical Society, The Geographical Journal, London:

     I may ask you, then, cordially to thank Sir George Goldie for all that he has done for the Society.

   • 1898, Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, Tourguéneff and his French Circle

     My dear Monsieur Durand,—I am sending you[....]

     Ever most cordially yours,

     Iv. Tourguéneff.

   • 1951 December, Michael Robbins, “John Francis's "History of the English Railway"”, in Railway Magazine, page 800:

     In the thick of the railway controversies of his day, Francis naturally had his prejudices. It seems that he cordially disliked the aristocracy in general.

   • 1961 February, “Society column: Branch Line Society”, in Trains Illustrated, page vii:

     A rail tour on Sunday, March 12, in which non-members are cordially invited to participate, will leave St. Pancras at approximately 2 p.m. [...].

Usage notes

As indicated above, the term is often used in letter closings.

Translations

in a friendly manner

• Catalan: cordialment (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 友好地 (zh) (yǒuhǎo de), 友善地 (zh) (yǒushàn de)

• Dutch: hartelijk (nl)
• Finnish: sydämellisesti (fi)
• French: cordialement (fr)
• German: herzlich (de)
• Hungarian: szívélyesen (hu)
• Japanese: 心から (ja) (こころから, kokoro kara)
• Polish: serdecznie (pl)
• Portuguese: cordialmente
• Russian: серде́чно (ru) (serdéčno), раду́шно (ru) (radúšno)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: wutšobnje

• Spanish: cordialmente (es)
• Swedish: hjärtlig (sv)
• Turkish: kalpten (tr), içtenlikle (tr)