HOSPITABLY Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

hospitably

adverb

Definition of hospitably

as in courteously

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Adverb

Two inspectors knocked on doors and spoke courteously to surprised visitors who displayed booking contracts on their phones, the inspectors’ bodycam footage showed.

— Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
When a visitor arrives in a classroom, a classroom ambassador welcomes them, introduces himself and the subject being taught, and courteously asks for the visitor’s name and affiliation.

— Walter Fields, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2026

Definition of courteously

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Flood kindly took on all the engineering duties, which freed me up to be in the band room with Eno.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026
Anna Fischbein grew accustomed to visits to her home in Sunny Isles, Florida, from the same kindly Haitian health aide every week for the past 10 years.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026

Definition of kindly

Adverb

The firms that will thrive are the ones that treat their workforce as a portfolio of skills to be cultivated and thoughtfully deployed alongside AI.

— Ravin Jesuthasan, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026
There's a balance between delicate satin, feminine lace and midweight cashmere, thoughtfully combined for interest.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of thoughtfully

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Every room has its little balcony and looks out over the blue sea to the islands of the sirens from which those ladies sang so sweetly.

— Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 4 Aug. 2026
Rota’s gorgeous score swells sweetly as this affair is sketched, but Mario — older and wiser, to quote the Rodgers and Hammerstein song — has his doubts about a man who seems to him like a cad.

— Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of sweetly

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Steering is light, cornering is reasonably stable and body motions are controlled.

— Josh Max, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Imax film started falling out of favor about 20 years ago, and there were very experienced people back then that are still of a reasonably young age and willing and able to do it.

— Chris Stanton, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of reasonably

Adverb

The generously-sized home is located in Cannaregio, the northernmost of Venice’s historic districts, and the immediate neighborhood is a quiet, residential stretch that caters more to Venetians than tourists.

— Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 5 Aug. 2026
In my experience, that's one of the clearest differences between families that simply give generously and those that create extraordinary impact.

— Kris Putnam-Walkerly, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of generously

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