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
Those characteristics, which readers might not as easily accept in a heroine, find a hospitable home in her heroes.
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
Italy has, nevertheless, been experiencing a surge in wealthy arrivals — both to visit and live — as its more hospitable flat-tax regime and booming luxury real estate sector have proved a draw whereas other countries have sought to crack down on the uber-rich.
—Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 27 June 2025
But the temporary win for researchers doesn’t mean the NIH under Trump will necessarily become newly hospitable to grant proposals concerning PrEP implementation.
—Benjamin Ryan, NBC news, 18 June 2025
But the city is not super hospitable to the artistic need to fail.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 18 June 2025
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
Italy has, nevertheless, been experiencing a surge in wealthy arrivals — both to visit and live — as its more hospitable flat-tax regime and booming luxury real estate sector have proved a draw whereas other countries have sought to crack down on the uber-rich.
—Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 27 June 2025
But the temporary win for researchers doesn’t mean the NIH under Trump will necessarily become newly hospitable to grant proposals concerning PrEP implementation.
—Benjamin Ryan, NBC news, 18 June 2025
But the city is not super hospitable to the artistic need to fail.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 18 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for hospitable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hospitable
gracious
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The man was gifted, gracious, often generous and seldom mean-spirited.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
10 July 2025
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But goodness gracious, the Rockies are only (14-36) under Schaeffer after going 7-33 under Black.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
8 July 2025
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“Hospitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hospitable. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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