Synonyms:
welcoming
Meaning: very cordial; "a welcoming smile"
Usage examples
More protocol about welcoming Gorkrink.
She hoped for the sight of a familiar freckled face or the sound of a welcoming whoop.
"Don't be angry with me, Rodya, for welcoming you so foolishly with tears: I am laughing not crying.
Her appointments were kept to the minute, and her appointment (self-made on this occasion) was the welcoming of her uncle, the Archdeacon, on the threshold of Drane's Court.
The Union officers who had witnessed the day's events with dismay, and were filled with gloomy forebodings for the morrow, while welcoming this providential reinforcement, were by no means reassured.