cordiality

The spat caused unease in a country with a tradition of political cordiality, even between ideological foes.

From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026

But everyone is going through something difficult in “Cordially,” and the lack of, well, cordiality can be wearying.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025

The new cordiality was on display on Wednesday when Mr. McCarthy and Mr. Jeffries were spotted exiting the speaker’s office while engaged in a friendly and businesslike discussion.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 8, 2023

After the meeting, Chinese and U.S. officials highlighted the cordiality of proceedings in a sign it could help open the door to more communication between the two militaries.

From Reuters ● Jun. 10, 2022

The chubby red face of Benito Hoover was beaming down at him—beaming with manifest cordiality.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

Silicon Valley is generally considered to have a laid back Californian culture, but behind all of the polite cordialities, there rests a necessary cutthroat attitude.

From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2015

After brief cordialities, Tenet got down to business.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then the visit is exchanged between friends whom perhaps the departed year had somewhat alienated; old associations are revived, and cordialities that had well nigh been forgotten are strengthened and renewed.

From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1 by Various

Field had been civil, respectful, but utterly uncommunicative in his replies to the captain's repeated cordialities.

From A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier by Edwin Willard Deming

You only accept cordialities from people you esteem….

From Australian Writers by Desmond Byrne