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congenial

/kənˈd͡ʒiːniəl/ adjective C2
  1. Having the same or very similar nature, personality, tastes, habits or interests.
  2. Friendly or sociable. · The congenial bartender makes the Hog’s Head an inviting place to hang out during the weekends.
  3. Suitable to one’s needs.
  4. Agreeable to one's disposition.
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The joy of sincere work and worthy aspiration and congenial friendship were to be hers; nothing could rob her of her birthright of fancy or her ideal world of dreams.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 329 · C1
Between ourselves, the recent cases in which I have been of assistance to the royal family of Scandinavia, and to the French republic, have left me in such a position that I could continue to live in the quiet fashion which is most congenial to me, and to concentrate my attention upon my chemical researches.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 104 · B2
I have already explained to you, however, that my career had in any case reached its crisis, and that no possible conclusion to it could be more congenial to me than this.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 126 · B2
When the detective departed, my friend rose and made his preparations for the day’s work with the alert air of a man who has a congenial task before him.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 48 · C1

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