Both Uses of
congenial
in
Gone with the Wind
- She welcomed the news that Ashley now had a home of his own, so she could remove herself from uncongenial surroundings and also from the distressing sight of her sister so fatuously happy with a man unworthy of her.†
Chpt 4.41uncongenial = not agreeable or compatiblestandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in uncongenial means not and reverses the meaning of congenial. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- And there were other people in Atlanta who would come to her parties, other people far more congenial than those hide-bound old hens.†
Chpt 5.49 *congenial = agreeable or compatible
Definition:
agreeable or compatible in a positive way -- often in the context of being friendly and sociable