Both Uses of
genial
in
Crime and Punishment
- He met his visitor with an apparently genial and good-tempered air, and it was only after a few minutes that Raskolnikov saw signs of a certain awkwardness in him, as though he had been thrown out of his reckoning or caught in something very secret.†
Chpt 4.5 *
- "Yes, I do," went on Porfiry, touching Raskolnikov's arm genially, "you must take care of your illness.†
Chpt 4.5
Definition:
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(genial as in: a genial personality) friendly and good-natured