bonhomie

And I vividly remember that the weekend he was born our mutual friends were in a field near Cambridge, enjoying the bands and bonhomie.

Obama and Bush, determined to put on a show of goodwill, shook hands and gave all the appearance of bonhomie.

Despite the apparent bonhomie of this week's meetings, frictions are likely to continue to trouble Sino-US military contacts.

For all the recent bonhomie there are lots of potential strains with the current occupant of the White House.

He had an irrepressible bonhomie, a networking sense and an uncanny memory for names and faces.

Such bonhomie has endeared him to colleagues, clients and analysts since his days as Total's chief for the Middle East in the 1990s.

If not, even the friendliest Chinese or Qatari fund manager is likely to steer clear, regardless of official expressions of bonhomie.

Amid all the bonhomie, both hosts and guests are emphasising how keen they are to stop Iran getting nuclear weapons.

Even in private meetings, he has dropped his habitual bonhomie and wisecracking, presumably in a bid to appear solemn and presidential.

Halifax, of the Public Works Department, bubbled over with false bonhomie.

Mr Cameron's mannered bonhomie can grate (like chalk on a blackboard, says one Downing Street insider).

For all the bonhomie now, past hopes for "future-oriented" relations have often been frustrated.

Still, an enforced bonhomie has set the tone for this visit, with Mr Hu planning a spot of convivial ping-pong.

That bonhomie is perhaps most clearly felt by the city's artists.

But there will be many doubts about whether all the Olympic bonhomie has transformed the way China sees the world.

Amid unease in America over China's growing muscle, both governments hoped to demonstrate a reassuring bonhomie.

The bonhomie has gone, but the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats have together begun remaking the state

Tough enough when your departure is full of back-slapping and bonhomie;

tame obedient meek gentle docile tame bonhomie