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Meaning of 'genial' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Genial [ a.]
- Same as Genian.
- Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive.
- Contributing to, and sympathizing with, the enjoyment of life; sympathetically cheerful and cheering; jovial and inspiring joy or happiness; exciting pleasure and sympathy; enlivening; kindly; as, she was of a cheerful and genial disposition.
- Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn.
- Denoting or marked with genius; belonging to the higher nature.

Meaning of 'genial' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . genial [ s]
Meaning (1):
- diffusing warmth and friendliness
Example in sentence:
  • a cordial greeting;
  • a genial host;
  • an affable smile;
  • an amiable gathering;
  • cordial relations
Meaning (2):
- agreeable, conducive to comfort
Example in sentence:
  • a dry climate kind to asthmatics;
  • hot summer pavements are anything but kind to the feet;
  • the genial sunshine

Nearby Words:

gena genappe gendarme gendarmery gendarmes gender gendered gendering genderless geneagenesis

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