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genialness

/jeen-yuhl, jee-nee-uhl/US // ˈdʒin yəl, ˈdʒi ni əl //UK // (ˈdʒiːnjəl, -nɪəl) //

和蔼可亲,和谐性,温馨,温和的气氛

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial: a genial disposition; a genial host.
    • : favorable for life, growth, or comfort; pleasantly warm; comfortably mild: the genial climate of Hawaii.
    • : characterized by genius.

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Examples

  • For fans of the hit CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, Cobie Smulders will always be synonymous with Robin Scherbatsky, the genial journalist formerly known as “Robin Sparkles” and titular aunt of Ted Mosby’s kids.

  • Video of the stop, recorded on multiple body cameras, shows a trooper and Lara having a genial conversation, with Lara agreeing to be searched.

  • By this point, you should be imagining me as genial and easygoing, a fellow reader rather than a pontificating critic, someone who clearly knows a lot about books but also a guy who doesn’t make a big deal of it.

  • The genial gentleman at the register at first wasn’t sure what I was ordering, but after I pointed to its alluring picture on the light-up menu, and he confirmed that I, in fact, wanted “the new thing,” we were able to seal the deal.

  • And finally, they meet Un (Randall Park), who appears to be nothing but genial and fun-loving—especially to Dave.

  • All was jolly and genial between the king of late night and the pretender to the throne.

  • Some wandered in a genial trance wearing the faraway, slightly shell-shocked look of the recently colonically irrigated.

  • Hiddleston, a genial fellow, looks mighty dapper in a bespoke three-piece suit.

  • It was a culture nibbling on the genial jingoism of Norman Vincent Peale and being made somewhat uncomfortable by Adlai Stevenson.

  • Big Reginald took their lives at pool, and pocketed their half-crowns in an easy genial way, which almost made losing a pleasure.

  • Society likes their genial companionship, and they are favourites with, and favoured alike by young and old.

  • Mr. Wadsworth spoke in his genial voice: Its a beautiful thing, daughters, to help a good man live a good life.

  • Even the gossip of the vicar's wife, or the genial chat of the vicar himself, failed to interest her.

  • Accustomed to the Scotch mists, this rain seemed a genial shower, and Sir James was enjoying it accordingly.