uncordial

Not to seem uncordial, I accepted the beer, which in all truth went down very well.

A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005

It will have been observed that he was not quite uncordial with

Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte 2004

But, perhaps, I might see her in the field or the garden, and then there would be no great difficulty: it was the formal knocking at the door, with the prospect of being gravely ushered in by Rachel, to the presence of a surprised, uncordial mistress, that so greatly disturbed me.

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 2002

We had frank, and not uncordial, sessions with Castro on each occasion.

Four Days with Fidel: A Havana Diary Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. 1992

He climbed down the cable, silently bidding Quarters an uncordial farewell, and emerged with the others.

Starship Aldiss, Brian 1959

I saw these things passing through his jealous heart as we talked together with uncordial civility.

Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver Theodore Canot

Our reception would seem to be uncordial: we are miserably housed in the heart of the village, which is a beggarly one.

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

A greeting so utterly uncordial made unlooked-for demands upon his wits.

A Husband by Proxy Jack Steele

The man in the tuxedo favored Mason with an appraising stare from uncordial eyes.

The Case of the Dangerous Dowager Gardner, Erle Stanley, 1889-1970 1937

A butler whose countenance was as uncordial as the weather opened the door and said, "Mr. Mason?"

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop Gardner, Erle Stanley, 1889-1970 1936