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adjective

Genial adj. (Anat.) Same as Genian.

Genial adj.

Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive. "The genial bed." "Creator Venus, genial power of love."

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. "So much I feel my genial spirits droop."

Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn. (Obs.) "Natural incapacity and genial indisposition."

Denoting or marked with genius; belonging to the higher nature. (R.) "Men of genius have often attached the highest value to their less genial works."

Genial gods (Pagan Mythol.), the powers supposed to preside over marriage and generation.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Genial" Quotes from Famous Books

... far laid aside the dignity appropriate to a Confederate officer of high rank and wide renown as to smile. But no one in his power and out of his favor would have drawn any happy augury from that outward and visible sign of approval. It was neither genial nor infectious; it did not communicate itself to the other persons exposed to it—the caught spy who had provoked it and the armed guard who had brought him into the tent and now stood a little apart, ...

— The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Vol. II: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians • Ambrose Bierce

... is in the mood for grumbling there is no easier thing in the world than to find food for that spirit, and Ruth continued her pastime, waxing louder and more decided after the genial old man had left ...

— Four Girls at Chautauqua • Pansy

... devotion to his State mark him out as a public man, as a patriot to be forever remembered by all Americans. His amiability of disposition, deep sympathy with those in pain or sorrow, his love for children, nice sense of personal honor, and genial courtesy endeared him to all his friends. I shall never forget his sweet, winning smile, nor his clear, honest eyes, that seemed to look into your brain. I have met many of the great men of my time, but Lee alone impressed me with the feeling that I was in the presence of a man who ...

— Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 of 8 • Various

... disciples numbered from ten to twelve. They had, for the most part, been removed from Harrow or Eton, by reason of no worse fault than a signal inclination to indolence; and though, even under their preceptor's genial and scholarly auspices, none of them except myself showed much inclination for study, we formed together an agreeable and harmonious party, much of its amenity being due to the presence of Mrs. Philpot, his wife, whose brother, Professor Conington, was then the most ...

— Memoirs of Life and Literature • W. H. Mallock

... also be given for lack of assimilative power. The back, especially on either side of the spine, is rubbed with gentle pressure and hot olive oil. This pressure is so applied that a genial heat arises along the whole spinal column. This done twice a day, for half-an-hour at a time, and continued for several weeks, will markedly restore assimilative power. Cases which have been perfectly helpless for eight ...

— Papers on Health • John Kirk

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