Genial
adjective
Friendly and cheerful.
She gave me a genial smile.
Often appears as...
- genial smile
- genial host
adjective
Mild and favorable, especially regarding weather.
People enjoy the genial Mediterranean climate.
Often appears as...
- genial weather
- genial climate
adjective
Friendly and cheerful.
She gave me a genial smile.
Often appears as...
- genial smile
- genial host
adjective
Mild and favorable, especially regarding weather.
People enjoy the genial Mediterranean climate.
Often appears as...
- genial weather
- genial climate
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Expressing Welcome
Use 'genial' to express a kind and welcoming attitude towards others.
The genial host greeted each guest at the door.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Interaction
'Genial' implies that someone not only is friendly but also encourages pleasant social interaction.
His genial manner made everyone in the room feel comfortable.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Overly Intimate
'Genial' suggests friendliness without implying deep affection or intimacy.
She was genial with her neighbors, always saying hello and smiling.
Pro Tip 1/3Expressing Welcome
Use 'genial' to express a kind and welcoming attitude towards others.
The genial host greeted each guest at the door.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Interaction
'Genial' implies that someone not only is friendly but also encourages pleasant social interaction.
His genial manner made everyone in the room feel comfortable.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Overly Intimate
'Genial' suggests friendliness without implying deep affection or intimacy.
She was genial with her neighbors, always saying hello and smiling.
Pro Tip 1/3Expressing Welcome
Use 'genial' to express a kind and welcoming attitude towards others.
The genial host greeted each guest at the door.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Interaction
'Genial' implies that someone not only is friendly but also encourages pleasant social interaction.
His genial manner made everyone in the room feel comfortable.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Overly Intimate
'Genial' suggests friendliness without implying deep affection or intimacy.
She was genial with her neighbors, always saying hello and smiling.
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The psychology of evil PIPE...
Ordinary barbers, clerks, white-collar people. So, you go down, one of you will be a learner, one will be a teacher. The learner's a genial, middle-aged guy. He gets tied up to the shock apparatus in another room. The learner could be middle-aged, could be as young as 20. And one of you is told by the authority, the guy in the lab coat,
Video examples
The psychology of evil PIPE...
Ordinary barbers, clerks, white-collar people. So, you go down, one of you will be a learner, one will be a teacher. The learner's a genial, middle-aged guy. He gets tied up to the shock apparatus in another room. The learner could be middle-aged, could be as young as 20. And one of you is told by the authority, the guy in the lab coat,
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Quote examples
Emma Willard
American Activist
Aware that his disappointment has its source in a defective education, he looks with anxiety on his other daughters, whose minds, like lovely buds, are beginning to open. Where shall he find a genial soil in which he may place them to expand?
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Seth Shostak
American Scientist
Star Trek's genial premise is that the cosmos is flush with intelligent species, and our descendants will interact with them face-to-face, thanks to warp drive and some winsome space cadets.
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David Hepworth
British Journalist
Spectator Books' is presented by the genial Sam Leith. Leith has a little catch in his delivery that quickly becomes addictive. It's things like this that give podcasts their charm.
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Walter Bagehot
English Author
A slight daily unconscious luxury is hardly ever wanting to the dwellers in civilization; like the gentle air of a genial climate, it is a perpetual minute enjoyment.
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Robertson Davies
Canadian Novelist
The greatest gift that Oxford gives her sons is, I truly believe, a genial irreverence toward learning, and from that irreverence love may spring.
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Harriet Martineau
English Writer
There have been few things in my life which have had a more genial effect on my mind than the possession of a piece of land.
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Washington Irving
American Writer
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
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James Payn
English Novelist
But, on the other hand, the occasional and precarious dripping of coppers has by no means a genial effect.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American Writer
Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays the pleasing game of interchanging praise.
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Alan Bennett
English Dramatist
I'm less genial than people think, but I'm too timid to seem nasty.
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Emma Willard
American Activist
Aware that his disappointment has its source in a defective education, he looks with anxiety on his other daughters, whose minds, like lovely buds, are beginning to open. Where shall he find a genial soil in which he may place them to expand?
Quote examples
Seth Shostak
American Scientist
Star Trek's genial premise is that the cosmos is flush with intelligent species, and our descendants will interact with them face-to-face, thanks to warp drive and some winsome space cadets.
Quote examples
David Hepworth
British Journalist
Spectator Books' is presented by the genial Sam Leith. Leith has a little catch in his delivery that quickly becomes addictive. It's things like this that give podcasts their charm.
Quote examples
Walter Bagehot
English Author
A slight daily unconscious luxury is hardly ever wanting to the dwellers in civilization; like the gentle air of a genial climate, it is a perpetual minute enjoyment.
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Robertson Davies
Canadian Novelist
The greatest gift that Oxford gives her sons is, I truly believe, a genial irreverence toward learning, and from that irreverence love may spring.
Quote examples
Harriet Martineau
English Writer
There have been few things in my life which have had a more genial effect on my mind than the possession of a piece of land.
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Washington Irving
American Writer
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
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James Payn
English Novelist
But, on the other hand, the occasional and precarious dripping of coppers has by no means a genial effect.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American Writer
Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays the pleasing game of interchanging praise.
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Alan Bennett
English Dramatist
I'm less genial than people think, but I'm too timid to seem nasty.
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