cordially invited

Meaning

1. 1phrasefixed phraseformal

   A polite, formal way of saying that someone is warmly asked to come to an event, used mainly on printed or written invitations.

   Grammar: Usually follows you are: You are cordially invited to the ceremony.

   Patterns

   • you are cordially invited to something
   • be cordially invited to do something

   You are cordially invited to attend the opening of our new library.

   All parents are cordially invited to the school's spring concert.

   The couple wrote that guests were cordially invited to a dinner after the wedding.

Common combinations

you are cordially invited

You are cordially invited to the annual charity dinner.

cordially invited to attend

Friends and family are cordially invited to attend.

cordially invited to join

Members are cordially invited to join us for tea.

cordially invited guests

The cordially invited guests arrived in formal dress.

Synonyms and how they differ

warmly invited

Warmly invited sounds natural in modern speech, while cordially invited is fixed and formal, mostly found on cards.

kindly invited

Kindly invited stresses politeness rather than friendliness, and is less common on invitations.

welcome to come

Welcome to come is casual and works in conversation, which cordially invited does not.

Opposites

Word family

cordial adjective

friendly and polite

cordially adverb

in a warm and polite way

cordiality noun

warm friendliness

invite verb

to ask someone to come

Commonly confused: cordially invited or cordial?

Practice

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