Both Uses of
genial
in
The Mill on the Floss
- It was a boy asleep, and Maggie trotted along faster and more lightly, lest she should wake him; it did not occur to her that he was one of her friends the gypsies, who in all probability would have very genial manners.†
Chpt 1.11 *
- So, not to be at a deficiency, in case of his finding genial companions, he had taken care to carry with him a small box of percussion-caps; not that there was anything particular to be done with them, but they would serve to impress strange boys with a sense of his familiarity with guns.†
Chpt 2.1
Definition:
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(genial as in: a genial personality) friendly and good-natured