<adj.all> soil sufficiently hospitable for forest growth a hospitable environment
disposed to treat guests and strangers with cordiality and generosity
<adj.all> a good-natured and hospitable man a hospitable act hospitable invitations
having an open mind
<adj.all> hospitable to new ideas open to suggestions
Hospitable \Hos"pi*ta*ble\, a. [Cf. OF. hospitable, LL. hospitare to receive as a guest. See {Host} a landlord.] 1. Receiving and entertaining strangers or guests with kindness and without reward; kind to strangers and guests; characterized by hospitality. --Shak.
2. Proceeding from or indicating kindness and generosity to guests and strangers; as, hospitable rites.
To where you taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray. --Goldsmith.
On a recent visit to New York, Mr. DePree elaborated further: "If you want the best things to happen in corporate life you have to find ways to be hospitable to the unusual person.
However, so far only 500 families have been resettled in more hospitable southern areas of the country and to date Rosugol has acquired only 1,800 flats for the mining families.
I never found Moscow particularly hospitable.
Privately, exchange officials worry that without a hospitable system for program trading at the Big Board, billions of dollars in trading will simply migrate to overseas exchanges such as London's.
I do take issue, however, with specific statements and inferences regarding whether the workplace is hospitable to openly lesbian and gay employees.
We want to be hospitable; we want to be friendly; we want everything to go smoothly, as when we invite guests home.
In other cities around Florida, shelters filled up with homeless people who usually sleep on the streets in more hospitable weather.
However, so far only 500 families have been resettled in more hospitable southern areas.
The Army was even less hospitable.
The staff at the charming Hotel Jezero, set on the shores of Lake Bohinj, is courteous and hospitable. Rock-climbing and white- water rafting may interest some holidaymakers at Bohinj.
Many secular former residents of Jerusalem say the city had become less hospitable to them.
But is the party hospitable?
In times past, the liberal-arts community was more than hospitable to reappraisals and fresh discoveries.