cordially

cordially

English

Etymology

cordial +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹdʒəli/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːdɪəli/
• Hyphenation: cor‧dial‧ly

Adverb

cordially (comparative more cordially, superlative most cordially)

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

     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.

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) Turkish: kalpten (tr), içtenlikle (tr)