Genial
WordNet
adjective
(1) Diffusing warmth and friendliness
"An affable smile"
"An amiable gathering"
"Cordial relations"
"A cordial greeting"
"A genial host"
(2) Agreeable, conducive to comfort
"A dry climate kind to asthmatics"
"The genial sunshine";"hot summer pavements are anything but kind to the feet"
(3) Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw
WiktionaryText
Adjective
- friendly and cheerful
- pleasantly mild and warm
- marked by genius
- 2003, Laura Fermi, Gilberto Bernardini, Galileo and the Scientific Revolution, Courier Dover Publications, page 111 http://books.google.com/books?id=qGsZ4YmjhFwC&pg=PA111&dq=genial+idea+date:1940-2009&lr=lang_en&as_brr=3&as_pt=ALLTYPES:
- About fifty years later, in 1675, the Danish astronomer Ole Roemer (1644-1710) had the genial idea of using astronomical rather than terrestrial distances.
- 2003, Laura Fermi, Gilberto Bernardini, Galileo and the Scientific Revolution, Courier Dover Publications, page 111 http://books.google.com/books?id=qGsZ4YmjhFwC&pg=PA111&dq=genial+idea+date:1940-2009&lr=lang_en&as_brr=3&as_pt=ALLTYPES:
Adjective
- brilliant (highly intelligent)
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