HOSPITABLY Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

hospitably

adverb

Definition of hospitably

as in courteously

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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

Adverb

At the same time, others argue that AI can be used to support learning when incorporated thoughtfully into the classroom.

— Corynn Winston, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026
Such was their shtick throughout their segment of New York Comic-Con’s Star Trek panel, which teased season two of Starfleet Academy before making time for Shatner to thoughtfully look back on the franchise that has defined his career.

— Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of thoughtfully

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Much of their relationship unfolds sweetly over Zoom calls while Peter, aka Petya, operates out of Vienna with Natalia still in Ukraine.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2026
The actor played the role of the sweetly endearing mouse puppet, a character beloved by children all over the world — and, apparently, Ed Sullivan.

— Kaja Andric, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of sweetly

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That model assumes a reasonably stable relationship between labor input and useful output, but AI weakens that relationship.

— Luis Aburto, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
All three show up in binoculars under a reasonably dark sky, while a small telescope starts to resolve them into individual stars.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of reasonably

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Our sensibilities may be able to cope with Willoughby as a cad, but not as—to put it generously—a creep.

— Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026
Formlabs also includes a generously sized circular bubble level to place on top of the machine, along with a clever adjustment disc that engages the leveling feet from the front, back, or sides.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026

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