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adjective ˈdʒiːnɪəlˈdʒinjəl 1Friendly and cheerful. 友好的，欢快的 Example sentencesExamples - They are a genial, amiable lot, and they come across as personable and excruciatingly ethical in the course of the series.
- Food sources aside, the meal was a lot of fun, not least because of the genial company and the friendly service.
- We had a genial / helpful waiter who led us capably through the menu.
- She was the most companionable, genial and impressionable member of the team, always bubbling with enthusiasm and high spirits.
- In addition to gaining seriousness, the genial, good-natured boy becomes a sarcastic and bitter man.
- And eventually I came to realise that I was not the genial gentleman of my imaginings, but I was indeed a cad.
- The interviews are shot on cameras so unobtrusive, and with a host so genial, that at times his guests genuinely seem to reveal their true selves.
- Jack was there already, playing the genial host.
- The talk among the crowd was genial and friendly, and when the guests of honour came into sight the women would shriek and hug them, and the men would shake their hands in congratulation.
- Every holiday I have, I come back to Shanghai, I find life here is so much easier, the people are so genial and friendly.
- He is genial, intelligent, witty and an extrovert.
- A genial and gracious host, and a conscientious hospital chaplain, he was to spend the next twelve years in these ministries.
- He's a smart, genial fellow but he seems more like a sympathetic bank manager than a king of comedy.
- It was a rare outburst from the 23-year-old, normally as genial and calm outside the ring as he is explosive in it.
- With a genial approach but a firm hand, the galley is run with the efficiency of a five star restaurant.
- Indeed, the genial 50-year-old has a lot of friends throughout the close-knit UK network.
- Michael's genial good nature was very much to the fore at the Golf Club and he felt ‘at home’ here in more ways than one.
- To one and all, this most genial of personalities was affectionately known as Mickey.
- He is a genial companion, coaxing the reader through unfamiliar material and finding colour, humour and literary appeal in the most unlikely places.
- The husband was a tall and genial fellow, friendly, youthful and easy-going.
Synonyms friendly, affable, cordial, congenial, amiable, warm, easy-going, approachable, sympathetic, well disposed, good-natured, good-humoured, cheerful, cheery, neighbourly, hospitable, companionable, comradely, bluff, easy to get along with sociable, convivial, outgoing, extrovert, extroverted, gregarious, company-loving, hail-fellow-well-met informal chummy, pally British informal matey North American informal buddy-buddy, clubby, regular - 1.1literary (especially of air or climate) pleasantly mild and warm.
（尤指空气或气候）温暖舒适的，宜人的 Example sentencesExamples - He felt the students piled behind him surge out of the doors and walk around him hurriedly, as he stopped for a moment to breathe in the genial summer air.
- The sun shone with a genial warmth that added very materially to the enjoyment of the huge crowd.
OriginMid 16th century: from Latin genialis 'nuptial, productive', from genius (see genius). The Latin sense was adopted into English; hence the senses 'mild and conducive to growth' (mid 17th century), later 'cheerful, kindly' (mid 18th century). gender from Late Middle English: The words gender and engender (Middle English) go back via Old French to Latin genus ‘birth, family, nation’, a word that was reborrowed in the early 17th century for scientific classification, although it had been in use 50 years earlier in logic. In modern French the ‘d’ was lost to produce genre, a word reborrowed in the early 19th century. Generation (Middle English), generate (early 16th century), engender (Middle English), generosity (Late Middle English), genial (mid 16th century), and degenerate (Late Middle English) are all from the same source.
Rhymesempyreal, hymeneal, peritoneal congenial, menial, venial adjective dʒɪˈniːəldʒəˈniəl Anatomy rare Relating to the chin. 〔剖〕〈罕〉（与）颏（有关）的 Example sentencesExamples - A small rectangular bone cut is made inside the lower lip, below the gums and tooth roots, centered over the genial tubercle, above the inferior border of the jaw.
OriginMid 19th century: from Greek geneion 'chin' (from genus 'jaw') + -al. adjectiveˈdʒinjəlˈjēnyəl 1Friendly and cheerful. 友好的，欢快的 waved to them in genial greeting Example sentencesExamples - Indeed, the genial 50-year-old has a lot of friends throughout the close-knit UK network.
- We had a genial / helpful waiter who led us capably through the menu.
- In addition to gaining seriousness, the genial, good-natured boy becomes a sarcastic and bitter man.
- He is a genial companion, coaxing the reader through unfamiliar material and finding colour, humour and literary appeal in the most unlikely places.
- To one and all, this most genial of personalities was affectionately known as Mickey.
- The talk among the crowd was genial and friendly, and when the guests of honour came into sight the women would shriek and hug them, and the men would shake their hands in congratulation.
- Michael's genial good nature was very much to the fore at the Golf Club and he felt ‘at home’ here in more ways than one.
- The husband was a tall and genial fellow, friendly, youthful and easy-going.
- A genial and gracious host, and a conscientious hospital chaplain, he was to spend the next twelve years in these ministries.
- They are a genial, amiable lot, and they come across as personable and excruciatingly ethical in the course of the series.
- He is genial, intelligent, witty and an extrovert.
- With a genial approach but a firm hand, the galley is run with the efficiency of a five star restaurant.
- He's a smart, genial fellow but he seems more like a sympathetic bank manager than a king of comedy.
- It was a rare outburst from the 23-year-old, normally as genial and calm outside the ring as he is explosive in it.
- And eventually I came to realise that I was not the genial gentleman of my imaginings, but I was indeed a cad.
- Food sources aside, the meal was a lot of fun, not least because of the genial company and the friendly service.
- Every holiday I have, I come back to Shanghai, I find life here is so much easier, the people are so genial and friendly.
- She was the most companionable, genial and impressionable member of the team, always bubbling with enthusiasm and high spirits.
- The interviews are shot on cameras so unobtrusive, and with a host so genial, that at times his guests genuinely seem to reveal their true selves.
- Jack was there already, playing the genial host.
Synonyms friendly, affable, cordial, congenial, amiable, warm, easy-going, approachable, sympathetic, well disposed, good-natured, good-humoured, cheerful, cheery, neighbourly, hospitable, companionable, comradely, bluff, easy to get along with - 1.1literary (especially of air or climate) pleasantly mild and warm.
（尤指空气或气候）温暖舒适的，宜人的 Example sentencesExamples - The sun shone with a genial warmth that added very materially to the enjoyment of the huge crowd.
- He felt the students piled behind him surge out of the doors and walk around him hurriedly, as he stopped for a moment to breathe in the genial summer air.
OriginMid 16th century: from Latin genialis ‘nuptial, productive’, from genius (see genius). The Latin sense was adopted into English; hence the senses ‘mild and conducive to growth’ (mid 17th century), later ‘cheerful, kindly’ (mid 18th century). adjectivejəˈnēəldʒəˈniəl Anatomy rare Relating to the chin. 〔剖〕〈罕〉（与）颏（有关）的 Example sentencesExamples - A small rectangular bone cut is made inside the lower lip, below the gums and tooth roots, centered over the genial tubercle, above the inferior border of the jaw.
OriginMid 19th century: from Greek geneion ‘chin’ (from genus ‘jaw’) + -al. |