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friendly and good-natured

genial = friendly and good-natured

a genial host
The evening was kind and genial, and so was my companion.
Bronte, Anne -- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
He smiled genially.
Sherwood Anderson -- The Egg

genially = in a friendly, good-natured manner

In the first act the author genially outlines the history of the town,
Thornton Wilder -- Our Town

genially = in a friendly, good-natured manner

She smiled and smiled, largely because she was naturally genial and on her good behavior here, but incidentally because Clyde was who he was.
Theodore Dreiser -- An American Tragedy

genial = friendly and good-natured

"Just a minute, sir," said Atticus genially.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

genially = in a friendly, good-natured manner

"Here you are in your solitary splendor," he went on genially.
John Knowles -- A Separate Peace

genially = in a friendly, good-natured manner

"Go ahead," answered Daisy genially, "and if you want to take down any addresses here's my little gold pencil."
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby

genially = in a friendly, good-natured manner

I read somewhere that the sun's getting hotter every year," said Tom genially.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby
...the genial host again.
Katherine Applegate -- Everworld - Search For Senna

genial = friendly and good-natured

Chill Penury repress'd their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.
Thomas Gray -- Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

genial = friendly and good-natured

We doubt whether the genial captain is not describing the cheeriness of his own breast, which gave a cheery aspect to everything around him.
Irving, Washington -- The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West
Passepartout smiled his most genial smile, and said, "Never too late."
Verne, Jules -- Around The World In Eighty Days
Her prejudice against the minister had relaxed under his genial talk and presence, but feeling that Mrs.
Wiggin, Kate Douglas -- Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm
You are kind and genial with me, I know, but you are not kind and genial to all the world as you were then.
London, Jack -- Burning Daylight
His smile was tolerant, even genial, but his face remained like the face of a sphinx.
Oppenheim, E. Phillips -- The Illustrious Prince
Genial words and hearty greetings are ever rising to his lips, but they die away in unheard whispers behind the steel clamps.
Jerome, Jerome K. -- Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
the genial sunshine
Thomson rose to his feet and received a genial handshake, after which the newcomer glanced at Ambrose.
Oppenheim, E. Phillips -- The Kingdom of the Blind

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