How to greet a friend with a drink (9)
I believe the answer is:
cordially
'how' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adverbs. Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'greet a friend with a drink' is the wordplay.
'greet a friend' becomes 'ly' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a drink' becomes 'cordial' (cordial is a kind of drink).
'ly' put after 'cordial' is 'CORDIALLY'.
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cordially that I've seen before include "Kindly" , "In a friendly way" .)