genial
/ˈd͡ʒinjəl/ adjective C2- Friendly and cheerful; enlivening. · a genial glow
- Pleasantly mild and warm. · genial warmth
- Marked by genius.
- Relating to or resembling a genius (Roman tutelary deity).
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Let us hasten to say that in private the genial side descended to the level of the other, so that generally the indulgent man disappeared to give place to the brutal husband and domineering father.
He was cheery and genial to all, but somewhat offhand in his manners, giving the impression that he had seen life in social strata on some far lower horizon than the county society of Sussex.
He was a very bustling and genial person, this Sussex detective.
The Traveler no sooner felt his genial rays than he took off one garment after another, and at last, fairly overcome with heat, undressed and bathed in a stream that lay in his path.
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