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friendly and good-natured- She sent a genial messenger with a tough message.
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
- In the first act the author genially outlines the history of the town,Thornton Wilder -- Our Town
- 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
- "Just a minute, sir," said Atticus genially.Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- "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
- 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
- Chill Penury repress'd their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.Thomas Gray -- Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard - 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
- It was in this genial attitude of mind that I strode up the quaint circular staircase to fetch Fielding from my room, and, shade of Tom Jonesle Gallienne, Richard -- The Quest of the Golden Girl
genially = in a friendly, good-natured manner
genially = in a friendly, good-natured manner
genial = friendly and good-natured
genially = in a friendly, good-natured manner
genially = in a friendly, good-natured manner
genial = friendly and good-natured
genial = friendly and good-natured