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Definition
agreeable or compatible in a positive way
- He hastened upstairs, and a few minutes later I heard the slam of the hall door, which told me that he was off once more upon his congenial hunt.Adventure XI — The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet (71% in)
- It was a poky, little, shabby-genteel place, where four lines of dingy two-storied brick houses looked out into a small railed-in enclosure, where a lawn of weedy grass and a few clumps of faded laurel bushes made a hard fight against a smoke-laden and uncongenial atmosphere.Adventure II — The Red-Headed League (55% in)
There are no more uses of "congenial" in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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