Definition of Congenialities

1. congeniality [n] - See also: congeniality

Lexicographical Neighbors of Congenialities

congelifract
congeliturbation
congemination
congenator
congener
congenerate
congeneration
congeneric
congenerical
congenericity
congenerous
congenerousness
congeners
congenetic
congenial
congenialities (current term)
congeniality
congenialize
congenialized
congenializes
congenializing
congenially
congenialness
congenic
congenic strain
congenically
congenious

Literary usage of Congenialities

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of psychological medicine (1849)
"The physical congenialities and discrepancies of connubial life form a most ... congenialities, in some respects, may co-exist with discrepancies in others. ..."

2. The Atlantic Monthly by Making of America Project (1865)
"In fine, if we seek the capital of well-paid labor, — the capital of broad congenialities and infinite resources,— the capital of most widely diffused ..."

3. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1910)
"... who was lean as a gnarled branch—with a piece of pork cake; Jabez Joyce and the captain, among other congenialities, shared a fondness for pork cake. ..."

4. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"Dramatic criticism and comedy are his congenialities ; * Public Affairs,' ' The Veterans,' and ' In the Czechs' Country,' three very diverting plays, ..."

5. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1847)
"Usually the lions are taken by localities, not analogies ; from convenient visiting distances like country society, and not from congenialities. ..."

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