Adjective

(en adjective)

Hearty; sincere; warm; affectionate.

* 1667 , '', 1859, Thomas Keightley (editor), ''The Poems of John Milton , Volume 1, page 381,

He, on his side / Leaning half raised, with looks of cordial love / Hung over her enamoured.

* 1885 , George Washington Schuyler, Colonial New York: Philip Schuyler and His Family , C. Scribner's Sons,

The relations between the Earl of Bellomont and Colonel Schuyler were formal, but not cordial from the first.

Said of someone radiating warmth and friendliness; genial.

* 1869 , ,

The sight of London warmed my heart with various emotions, such as a cordial man must draw from the heart of all humanity.

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

* 1634 , (editor), ''The Poetical Works of John Milton , Volume 3, page 106,

And first behold this cordial julep here / That flames and dances in his crystal bounds, / With spirits of balm, and fragrant syrups mix'd.

(obsolete) Proceeding from the heart.

* 1667 , '', 1957, Merritt Yerkes Hughes (editor), ''Complete Poems and Major Prose , page 373,

Who stooping op'n'd my left side, and took / From thence a Rib with cordial spirits warm, / And Life-blood streaming fresh;

Adjective

(en-adj)

(lb) Comforting, providing comfort; consolatory.

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*:he was going to make away himself; but meeting by chance his master Plotinus, who, perceiving by his distracted looks all was not well, urged him to confess his grief; which when he had heard, he used such comfortable speeches, that he redeemed him e faucibus Erebi .

*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)

*:a comfortable provision made for their subsistence

Amply sufficient, satisfactory.

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Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable.

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In a state of comfort and content.

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*:A great bargain also had beenthe arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair.

(lb) Strong; vigorous; valiant.

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*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers. For my sake be comfortable ; hold death a while at the arm's end.

(lb) Serviceable; helpful.

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:Be comfortable to my mother, your mistress, and make much of her.