Genial
['dʒiːnɪəl] or ['dʒinɪəl]
Definition
(adj.) of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw .
Typed by Elbert--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Same as Genian.
(a.) Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive.
(a.) Contributing to, and sympathizing with, the enjoyment of life; sympathetically cheerful and cheering; jovial and inspiring joy or happiness; exciting pleasure and sympathy; enlivening; kindly; as, she was of a cheerful and genial disposition.
(a.) Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn.
(a.) Denoting or marked with genius; belonging to the higher nature.
Checker: Ronnie
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Fostering, cheering, enlivening, inspiriting, encouraging.[2]. Cordial, hearty.[3]. Cheerful, pleasant, merry, mirthful, jovial.
Edited by Craig
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Warm, cordial, balmy, cheering, merry, festive, joyous, nearly, revivifying,restorative
ANT:Cold, cutting, harsh, deleterious, noxious, deadly, blighting, destructive,ungenial, lethal
Editor: Ricky
Definition
adj. of or pertaining to the chin.
adj. pertaining to generation producing: cheering: kindly: sympathetic: healthful.—v.t. Gē′nialise to impart geniality to.—ns. Genial′ity Gē′nialness.—adv. Gē′nially.
Typist: Melba
Examples
- He lost the genial suavity of manner which is one of his greatest charMs. A noble indignation inspired his reply. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He does not flatter women, but he is patient with them, and he seems to be easy in their presence, and to find their company genial. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It seemed natural: it seemed genial to be so well loved, so caressed by him. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- No, no, a more genial atmosphere, a lovelier habitation was surely hers! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- We met other families on the Long Walk, enjoying like ourselves the return of the genial season. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- His eyes are large, and grave, and gray; their expression is intent and meditative, rather searching than soft, rather thoughtful than genial. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A kind of pleasant stupor was stealing over me as I sat by the genial fire. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I also had the pleasure of his genial company at the boarding-house about a mile distant, but at the sacrifice of some apparatus. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is rare, I think, that the fraud is so genial and so deliberate. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He received us in his quietly genial fashion, ordered fresh rashers and eggs, and joined us in a hearty meal. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He was in a genial humor, and played the violin for me for about two hours--$2000 worth. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Poverty was the cloud that veiled her excellencies, and all that was good in her seemed about to perish from want of the genial dew of affection. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- A more hopeful man might imagine that a closer and more genial intercourse between classes might do away with strikes. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I wrung the brine from my hair; and the rays of the risen sun soon visited me with genial warmth. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The few words he had spoken to her were comforting; his manner on bidding her good-night was genial. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I believe it was an inspiration rather than a temptation: it was very genial, very soothing--I know that. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- One fine February day, when the sun had reassumed some of its genial power, I walked in the forest with my family. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Well, you must make the attempt at all events, said Carriston, with a genial laugh; it is the only cure for your disease. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The pleasant showers and genial warmth of spring greatly altered the aspect of the earth. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Mr. Moore, while enjoying the genial glow, kept his eyes directed towards the glittering brasses on the shelf above. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Yet Fifine liked this doubtful smile, and thought the owner genial: much as he had hurt her, she held out her hand to bid him a friendly good-night. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Responding to its force, thousands of little incandescent threads leap into radiant brightness and shed their mellow and genial light in our offices, our stores, hotels, and homes. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I can see that you have not slept for a night or two, said Holmes, in his easy, genial way. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The course terminated, and Mr. Pumblechook had begun to beam under the genial influence of gin and water. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- These gatherings are notoriously untruthful--in fact, there is a genial pleasure in not telling the truth about one's salad days in the socialist movement. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Do not think that this genial flame sustained itself, or lived wholly on a bequeathed hope or a parting promise. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The doctor could not help laughing at the sort of moue she made: when he laughed, he had something peculiarly good-natured and genial in his look. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It was like the supper of an ordinary Swiss hotel, and good red wine grown by the convent in more genial air was not wanting. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Who, incautiously saying in his genial manner, 'Well, Sally, there you are! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- There's some truth in that, said Mr. Standish, disposed to be genial. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Typist: Melba