Definition of "welcoming" []

• Hospitable, accessible and cordial. (adjective)
• Present participle of welcome. (verb)

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• "She stood before him, blond and beautiful, smelling of flowery old-fashioned perfume, her expression welcoming."
• "As a more down-to-earth option, Ms. Wilder recommended the Dar Khmissa, a riad, a house with an interior garden, in the Medina, the old city, which she called "welcoming and affordable" www.dar-khmissa-marrakech.com; rates from around $60."
• "The guards moved him to Abu Salim prison on May 14, where three guards beat him - in what he called a "welcoming reception" - using electric wire and metal pipes before depositing him in a 6-by-8-foot cell with four to five others."