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Hospitable

Receiving and entertaining strangers or guests with kindness and without reward; kind to strangers and guests; characterized by hospitality.

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Genial 84% connected

Same as Genian.

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Genial 84% connected

Same as Genian.

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Kind 84% connected

Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.

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Kind 84% connected

Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.

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Open 84% connected

Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over;…

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Open 84% connected

Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over;…

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Receptive 84% connected

Having the quality of receiving; able or inclined to take in, absorb, hold, or contain; receiving or containing; as, a receptive mind.

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Receptive 84% connected

Having the quality of receiving; able or inclined to take in, absorb, hold, or contain; receiving or containing; as, a receptive mind.

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Welcoming 84% connected

of Welcome

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Welcoming 84% connected

of Welcome

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Derivationally related 4

Hospitableness 74% connected

The quality of being hospitable; hospitality.

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Hospitableness 74% connected

The quality of being hospitable; hospitality.

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Hospitality 74% connected

The act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward, or with kind and generous liberality.

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Hospitality 74% connected

The act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward, or with kind and generous liberality.

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Friendly 66% connected

Having the temper and disposition of a friend; disposed to promote the good of another; kind; favorable.

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Friendly 66% connected

Having the temper and disposition of a friend; disposed to promote the good of another; kind; favorable.

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Inhospitable 94% connected

Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person or people.

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Inhospitable 94% connected

Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person or people.

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