adv. [f. as prec. + -LY2.]
† 1. = ‘By heart.’ Obs. rare–1.
1479. Caxton, Cordyall, A iv b/2. Yt they may cordyally be enprynted with in your hertes.
2. Heartily, with all one’s heart, in a way that proceeds from the heart.
a. 1533. Ld. Berners, Huon, cxxxix. 517. I desyre you ryght cordeally, my dere frynd, shewe me yf ye haue any hurt.
1660. T. Gouge, Chr. Directions, ii. (1831), 24. If thou dost cordially resist and mourn for thy manifold distractions in prayer.
1799. Foster, in Life & Corr. (1846), I. 123. I cordially sympathize with you.
1841. Elphinstone, Hist. Ind., II. 552. He cordially detests the Hindús.
1860. Tyndall, Glac., I. § 16. 104. To this I cordially agreed.
3. With hearty friendliness or good-will; in a manner that betokens warm friendliness.
1781. Cowper, Retirement, 379. How cordially I pressed His undissembling virtue to my breast.
1795. Burke, Corr., IV. 325. Mrs. Burke desires to be most cordially remembered to you.
1848. C. Brontë, Jane Eyre, ii. I was cordially invited to eat.
1885. Manch. Exam., 15 May, 6/1. Lord John … cordially shook hands with him.
