Both Uses of
congenial
in
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- 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.†
Chpt 2uncongenial = 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.
- 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.†
Chpt 11 *congenial = agreeable or compatible
Definition:
agreeable or compatible in a positive way -- often in the context of being friendly and sociable