| 单词 | genial |
| 释义 | genial (once / 499 pages) 1adj 2adj If you're friendly and outgoing, you're genial. You can be a genial host or a genial guest. This is mainly a word for pleasant kindness. Besides people or animals, climates and weather can be genial, which means they too are warm and sunny — good for growing things. In older literature, genial might have something to do with marriage and family, and sometimes brilliance, as in genius. Those uses are very rare nowadays, as is the sense of genial as having to do with the jaw. These days, warmth and friendliness are the main meanings. WORD FAMILYgenial: genialest, geniality, genially+/geniality: genialities USAGE EXAMPLESPalmer, a magnetic and genial golfer, brought sports into the modern mercantile era and helped globalize the game. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) “I am here because of state violence on behalf of a corporation,” Matthew, a genial, lightly dressed man, said. The New Yorker(Dec 22, 2016) But for all the disdain with which Reagan was greeted, the genial star of “Bedtime for Bonzo” was a far less frightening figure than Trump. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) 1 1adj diffusing warmth and friendliness a genial host Syn affable, amiable, cordial friendly characteristic of or befitting a friend 2adj agreeable, conducive to comfort 2the genial sunshine Syn kind hospitable favorable to life and growth adj of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw Syn mental |
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