cor·dial 
(kôrjəl)
(kôrjəl)adj.
1.
a. Warm and sincere; friendly: a cordial welcome; very cordial relations.
b. Polite and respectful; formally pleasant: "He shook my hand, but not warmly; he was cordial, but not amiable" (Oliver Sacks).
2. Strongly felt; fervent: a cordial abhorrence of waste.
3. Archaic Invigorating; stimulating. Used especially of a beverage.
n.
1. A liqueur.
2. An invigorating or medicinal drink; a tonic.
[Middle English, of the heart, from Medieval Latin cordiālis, from Latin cor, cord-, heart; see kerd- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
cor·diali·ty (-jălĭ-tē, -jē-ăl-, -dē-ăl-), cordial·ness n.
cordial·ly adv.