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genial
UK /ˈdʒiːnɪəl/ US /ˈd͡ʒinjəl/
adj 6
Collocations
5ADJ.
easy, intimate, tender
VERB + GENIAL
feeling
GENIAL + NOUN
friendship, girl, way
PREP.
in
ADV.
perhaps
Definitions
adj
1
Friendly and cheerful; enlivening.
a genial glow
Such a face was calculated to awaken not only the calm sentiment of esteem, the distant one of admiration, but some feeling more tender, genial, intimate—friendship, perhaps, affection, interest.
2
Pleasantly mild and warm.
genial warmth
We met other families on the Long Walk, enjoying like ourselves the return of the genial season.
3
Marked by genius.
Men of genius have so often attacht the highest value to their less genial works.
About fifty years later, in 1675, the Danish astronomer Ole Roemer (1644-1710) had the genial idea of using astronomical rather than terrestrial distances.
4
Pertaining to marriage; nuptial.
the genial bed
5
Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive.
Creator Venus, genial power of love.
The well breath'd youth, hot-mettled, and flush with genial juices, was now fairly in for making me know my driver.
adj
1
Relating to the chin; genian.
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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a genial glow
Wiktionary02
Such a face was calculated to awaken not only the calm sentiment of esteem, the distant one of admiration, but some feeling more tender, genial, intimate—friendship, perhaps, affection, interest.
Wiktionary03
This genial girl, like her brother, was in the grand situation of having no home and of carrying on life, such a splendid kind of life, by successive visits to relations; […].
Wiktionary04
"I can see that you have not slept for a night or two," said Holmes, in his easy, genial way.
Tatoeba · #697455105
They were elderly men, and had genial voices.
Tatoeba · #11473230Usage Notes
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