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- Dictionarygeniality/ˌdʒiːnɪˈalɪti/
noun
- 1. the quality of having a friendly and cheerful manner: "he was endowed with geniality and good humour"
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Genial can mean cheerful, friendly, favorable, or related to genius or the chin. Learn the synonyms, examples, history, and pronunciation of genial from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Definition of geniality noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Mean, scary people show no geniality at all. Smiling, giving compliments, laughing, listening to others, and helping out are all signs of geniality. If you think about the people you like, part of what you like is probably their geniality — they're congenial.
Geniality is the state or quality of having a pleasant or agreeable manner in socializing with others. Find 75 similar and opposite words for geniality, such as sweetness, affability, agreeableness, and unpleasantness, disagreeableness, boorishness, rudeness, and more.
Genial means friendly and pleasant, and often describes someone's personality or manner. Learn more about the word, its synonyms, and how to use it in sentences with Cambridge Dictionary.
1. the quality of being cheerful, easy-going, and warm in manner or behaviour. [...] 2. the state or condition of being pleasantly warm, so as to give life, growth, or health. [...] More. Synonyms of 'geniality' • friendliness, kindness, cheerfulness, good nature [...] More. Examples of 'geniality' in a sentence.
1. [ jeen -y uh l, jee -nee- uh l ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA. adjective. warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial: a genial disposition; a genial host. Synonyms: agreeable, pleasant, hearty, friendly. favorable for life, growth, or comfort; pleasantly warm; comfortably mild: the genial climate of Hawaii. characterized by genius. genial. 2.
