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genial 音标拼音: [dʒ'injəl] a. 和蔼的,亲切的,友善的 和蔼的,亲切的,友善的 genial adj 1: diffusing warmth and friendliness; "an affable smile"; "an amiable gathering"; "cordial relations"; "a cordial greeting"; "a genial host" [synonym: {affable}, {amiable}, {cordial}, {genial}] 2: of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw [synonym: {genial}, {mental}] 3: agreeable, conducive to comfort; "a dry climate kind to asthmatics"; "the genial sunshine";"hot summer pavements are anything but kind to the feet" [synonym: {kind}, {genial}] Genial \Ge*ni"al\, a. (Anat.) Same as {Genian}. [1913 Webster] Genial \Gen"ial\, a. [L. genialis: cf. OF. genial. See {Genius}.] 1. Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive. "The genial bed." --Milton. [1913 Webster] Creator Venus, genial power of love. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] So much I feel my genial spirits droop. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Natural incapacity and genial indisposition. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] 4. Denoting or marked with genius; belonging to the higher nature. [R.] [1913 Webster] Men of genius have often attached the highest value to their less genial works. --Hare. [1913 Webster] {Genial gods} (Pagan Mythol.), the powers supposed to preside over marriage and generation. [1913 Webster] 164 Moby Thesaurus words for "genial":
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