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Definition of Genial
1. Adjective. Diffusing warmth and friendliness. "A genial host"
Similar to: Friendly
Derivative terms: Affability, Affableness, Amiability, Amiability, Amity, Cordiality, Geniality
2. Adjective. Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw.
3. Adjective. Agreeable, conducive to comfort. "Hot summer pavements are anything but kind to the feet"
Definition of Genial
1. a. Same as Genian.
2. a. Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive.
Definition of Genial
1. Adjective. friendly and cheerful ¹
2. Adjective. (context: especially of weather) pleasantly mild and warm ¹
3. Adjective. marked by genius ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Genial
1. having a pleasant or friendly manner [adj] : GENIALLY [adv]
Medical Definition of Genial
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1. Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive. "The genial bed." "Creator Venus, genial power of love." (Dryden)
2. Contributing to, and sympathizing with, the enjoyment of life; sympathetically cheerful and cheering; jovial and inspiring joy or happiness; exciting pleasure and sympathy; enlivening; kindly; as, she was of a cheerful and genial disposition. "So much I feel my genial spirits droop." (Milton)
3. Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn. "Natural incapacity and genial indisposition." (Sir T. Browne)
4. Denoting or marked with genius belonging to the higher nature. "Men of genius have often attached the highest value to their less genial works." (Hare) Genial gods, the powers supposed to preside over marriage and generation.
Origin: L. Genialis: cf. OF. Genial. See Genius.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genial
Literary usage of Genial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Which chiefly proceedeth from natural incapacity and genial indisposition, ...
The grand genial power of the system, that visible God the Sun, would be soon ..."
2. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"The man who dwelt within, however, and whom only his most cherished intimates
ever really knew, was genial, tender-hearted, kindly, and, more than that, ..."
3. The Iliad of Homer by Homer (1796)
"Twelve days the pow'rs indulge the genial rite, Returning with the twelfth
revolving light. Then will I mount the brazen dome, and move The high tribunal of ..."
4. The Life of Charles Lamb by Edward Verrall Lucas (1907)
"... Illness—Visit to Fornham—genial Excesses and genial Excuses—A Plea for Hone—Album
Verses Published—Jordan's Attack—Southey's Rally—Other Hostile ..."
5. The Life of Richard Cobden by John Morley (1881)
"It was this association of solid doctrine with genial enthusiasm and high ideals,
that distinguished Cobden from too many preachers of what our humorist has ..."
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