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warmth

/wɔɹmθ/ noun B1
  1. A moderate degree of heat; the sensation of being warm. (countable, uncountable)
  2. Friendliness, kindness or affection. (countable, uncountable)
  3. Fervor, intensity of emotion or expression. (countable, uncountable)
  4. The effect of using mostly red and yellow hues. (countable, uncountable)

Plural warmths

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“So we meet again, my travelling friend, do we?” cried the countess, extending her hand to him with all the warmth and cordiality of an old acquaintance; “it was really very good of you to recognize me so quickly, and still more so to bestow your first visit on me.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 545 · C1
The Snake was quickly revived by the warmth, and resuming its natural instincts, bit its benefactor, inflicting on him a mortal wound.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 7 · B2
The Sun suddenly shone out with all his warmth.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 83 · B2
I was still rather raw over the deception which had been practised upon me, but the warmth of Holmes’s praise drove my anger from my mind.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 160 · C1

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