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
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.).