Both Uses of
hospitable
in
The Great Gatsby
- He had been coasting along all too hospitable shores for five years when he turned up as James Gatz's destiny at Little Girls Point.†
p. 99.9hospitable = welcoming
- It might have lasted indefinitely except for the fact that Ella Kaye came on board one night in Boston and a week later Dan Cody inhospitably died.†
p. 100.6 *inhospitably = the act of being unwelcomingstandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in inhospitably means not and reverses the meaning of hospitably. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
Definition:
welcoming
in various senses, including:
- inclined to treat guests well -- as in "She is good-natured and hospitable."
- favorable to life and growth -- as in "The climate is hospitable to roses."
- open to new ideas or change -- as in "The organization is hospitable to new ideas."