The department provides a congenial atmosphere for research.congenialcon‧ge‧ni‧al /kənˈdʒiːniəl/ adjective 
The department provides a congenial atmosphere for research. Frank was a very congenial colleague.congenial to The summers out here are not congenial to the average North European.2suitable for something: Compost provides congenial conditions for roots to develop.—congeniality /kənˌdʒiːniˈæləti/ noun [uncountable]
WORD ORIGINcongenial
Origin:
1600-1700 con- + genius + -alEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a congenial atmosphere
- Minnesotans are known for their congenial manner.
- All the conditions seemed optimal: the congenial company, the wonderful weather, the historic venue.
- As options and the means of accessing them have multiplied, change has become a generally congenial rule of modern life.
- At a luxurious hotel he played golf with a very congenial group every morning and tennis most afternoons.
- Electricity was flexible and clean, altogether a more congenial source of energy than steam.
- Eliot, who lent the circle considerable prestige, found himself in congenial assorted, and in some cases strange, company.
- I had developed a very congenial relationship with my boss, who I discovered was gay also.
- One motive, of course, was his desperate need for some congenial company.
- Perhaps it still is, for it still winds peacefully between the elm-shaded meadows of the Exe valley past congenial inns.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The department provides a congenial atmosphere for research.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
1pleasant in a way that makes you feel comfortable and relaxedcongenial atmosphere/surroundings/environment The department provides a congenial atmosphere for research.· What a pity the invitation had not been extended to some one more congenial, such as the ubiquitous Austin Mitchell.· Long before marrying, she might have found a less pressured, more congenial position in her field.· Electricity was flexible and clean, altogether a more congenial source of energy than steam.· Uncle Miller was constantly making propositions, and to develop a mood more congenial to bargaining he passed the whiskey freely.· But it just makes the relevant statistics a bit more congenial.· But these had some place to go, and most of them made a move into more congenial Lutheran bodies.· Clearly he found the familiar atmosphere in their house, Glamorgan, more congenial than staying with his director.· Marxism's vision of socialism was much more congenial to the intelligentsia than that of a peasant-based utopia.
NOUN· I like to take my pleasures in more congenial surroundings, cara.
The department provides a congenial atmosphere for research. Frank was a very congenial colleague.congenial to The summers out here are not congenial to the average North European.2suitable for something: Compost provides congenial conditions for roots to develop.—congeniality /kənˌdʒiːniˈæləti/ noun [uncountable]