congenial
Collocations
5ADJ.
most, own, sluggish, useful
VERB + CONGENIAL
create, find, finds, tide
CONGENIAL + NOUN
bartender, climate, dialogue, glooms, individuals, life, plato
PREP.
in
ADV.
always
Definitions
adj
Having the same or very similar nature, personality, tastes, habits or interests.
No sluggish tide congenial to the glooms; / This, as it frothed by, might have been a bath / For the fiend's glowing hoof - to see the wrath / Of its black eddy bespate with flakes and spumes.
Friendly or sociable.
The congenial bartender makes the Hog’s Head an inviting place to hang out during the weekends.
Suitable to one’s needs.
What was it that made this notion of mimesis, in spite of its inherent difficulties that only the dialectical method enables him to avoid, seem so useful and congenial to Plato?
Agreeable to one's disposition.
To the question 'what is a "mechanical" process?' Turing returned the characteristic answer 'Something that can be done by a machine' and he embarked on the highly congenial task of analysing the general notion of a computing machine.
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6No sluggish tide congenial to the glooms; / This, as it frothed by, might have been a bath / For the fiend's glowing hoof - to see the wrath / Of its black eddy bespate with flakes and spumes.
WiktionaryThe congenial bartender makes the Hog’s Head an inviting place to hang out during the weekends.
WiktionaryWhat was it that made this notion of mimesis, in spite of its inherent difficulties that only the dialectical method enables him to avoid, seem so useful and congenial to Plato?
WiktionaryJohn practised for some time as a barrister, but had finally settled down to the more congenial life of a country squire.
Tatoeba · #8824599All of our neighbors are congenial individuals and always up for a social gathering.
Tatoeba · #8969119He cannot go far wrong while he brings together the books that he finds most congenial to his own taste and most useful to his own studies.
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