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Genial

ge·ni·al

(adj)

Definition:

favorable to growth or comfort

relating to marriage or generation

sympathetic, friendly and cheerful.

marked by or diffusing sympathy or friendliness

Sample Sentences:

He appeared relaxed and genial.

Comfort tends to make people more genial.

The genial host warmly greeted his many guests.

He LOOKS more like a genial uncle than a harbinger of doom.

The film seems as if it will wrap itself in the genial warmth of reading and romantic deferment,

but a grimmer mystery emerges.

Synonyms

friendly, pleasant, cordial, amiable, warm, easygoing, approachable, sympathetic;

Origin:

mid 16th cent.: from Latin genialis ‘nuptial, productive,’ from genius (see genius). The Latin sense was adopted into English; hence the senses ‘mild and conducive to growth’ (mid 17th cent.), later ‘cheerful, kindly’ (mid 18th cent.).