as in gracious
showing a natural kindness and courtesy especially in social situations
the family is unfailingly hospitable whenever guests show up unexpectedly at their summer cottage
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Recent Examples of hospitable
The weather was less hospitable, with 60 mph wind gusts whipping up a dust cloud that obscured the Sandia mountains abutting the city and triggering a health alert for people with respiratory conditions.
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Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Actions like those taken by the OCC and FDIC, against the backdrop of wider policy changes, are creating an environment much more hospitable to crypto payments than in previous years and under previous administrations.
—Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
This wasn’t a neighborhood that seemed hospitable to strangers.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025
The citizens are famously hospitable and love to meet visitors.
—Terry Elward, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Actions like those taken by the OCC and FDIC, against the backdrop of wider policy changes, are creating an environment much more hospitable to crypto payments than in previous years and under previous administrations.
—Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
This wasn’t a neighborhood that seemed hospitable to strangers.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025
The citizens are famously hospitable and love to meet visitors.
—Terry Elward, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for hospitable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hospitable
gracious
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To their credit, the Heat have been gracious in their credit to the Panthers.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
20 June 2025
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The food was unfussy and full-flavored, the service gracious, and the staff — from the spa therapists to the bakers — seemed genuinely happy to be here.—
Rooksana Hossenally,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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“Hospitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hospitable. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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