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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. diffusing warmth and friendliness;
- Example: "an affable smile"
- Example: "an amiable gathering"
- Example: "cordial relations"
- Example: "a cordial greeting"
- Example: "a genial host"
[syn: affable, amiable, cordial, genial]

2. of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw;
[syn: genial, mental]

3. agreeable, conducive to comfort;
- Example: "a dry climate kind to asthmatics"
- Example: "the genial sunshine";"hot summer pavements are anything but kind to the feet"
[syn: kind, genial]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Genial \Ge*ni"al\, a. (Anat.)
   Same as Genian.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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            Creator Venus, genial power of love.  --Dryden.
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   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.
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            So much I feel my genial spirits droop. --Milton.
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   3. Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native;
      natural; inborn. [Obs.]
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            Natural incapacity and genial indisposition. --Sir
                                                  T. Browne.
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   4. Denoting or marked with genius; belonging to the higher
      nature. [R.]
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            Men of genius have often attached the highest value
            to their less genial works.           --Hare.
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   Genial gods (Pagan Mythol.), the powers supposed to preside
      over marriage and generation.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

genial
    adj 1: diffusing warmth and friendliness; "an affable smile";
           "an amiable gathering"; "cordial relations"; "a cordial
           greeting"; "a genial host" [syn: affable, amiable,
           cordial, genial]
    2: of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw
       [syn: 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" [syn: kind, genial]