cordiality

Etymology

cordial + -ity

noun

1. The quality of being cordial.
   Upon my entrance, Usher rose from a sofa on which he had been lying at full length, and greeted me with a vivacious warmth which had much in it, I at first thought, of an overdone cordiality—of the constrained effort of the ennuyé man of the world. 1839, Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher
   Adam gave her—the spaniel, not Mrs. Florin—a gentle prod with his foot and a lump of sugar. She licked his shoe with evident cordiality. Adam was not above feeling flattered by friendliness in dogs. 1930, Evelyn Waugh, chapter V, in Vile Bodies, New York: Back Bay Books, published 1999
2. A friendly utterance.
   Lucia rivalled these cordialities with equal fervour and about as much sincerity. 1931, E. F. Benson, chapter 5, in Mapp and Lucia
   to exchange cordialities with people