Thesaurus / congenial
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Last year’s upfront negotiations between TV networks and advertisers and their agencies were relatively congenial.
‘AN ANOMALY YEAR’: IN THIS YEAR’S TV UPFRONT MARKET, AGENCY EXECUTIVES EXPECT A RETURN TO BUSINESS AS USUALTIM PETERSONMAY 10, 2021DIGIDAYAnderson runs the bar with “the same industrious, inventive and congenial spirit” as the founders of the town of Clements, the site says.
BAR OWNER CHARGED WITH SELLING FAKE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE CARDS IN ONE OF THE FIRST CASES OF ITS KINDREIS THEBAULTMAY 7, 2021WASHINGTON POSTIt’s logical to expect the Taliban to push as far as they can from a position of strength and, if they succeed, to expect a geographical and societal milieu more congenial to terrorists whether the Taliban wishes it or not.
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY REALITY OF AFGHANISTANTRACY MORANAPRIL 28, 2021OZYThis other by what seems a congenial activity, fascinating as a game of chess, acquires uncounted millions.
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCKThe Marshal found himself in the congenial position of absolute ruler of the richest provinces of Spain.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONThere he might yet live among men of his own race and degree, and of congenial beliefs and occupations.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONThe Austrian campaign of 1809 called him from these congenial labours to the even more congenial operations of war.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONShe, however, determined that no earthly power should induce her to marry him, unless she found in him a congenial spirit.
MADAME ROLAND, MAKERS OF HISTORYJOHN S. C. ABBOTTThe soul, instinctively appreciative of beauty, will under the most adverse circumstances, evoke congenial visions.
MADAME ROLAND, MAKERS OF HISTORYJOHN S. C. ABBOTTIn rejecting this system, she had no friend to conduct her to the warm, sheltered, and congenial retreats of evangelical piety.
MADAME ROLAND, MAKERS OF HISTORYJOHN S. C. ABBOTTWORDS RELATED TO CONGENIAL
- accommodating
- affable
- amiable
- amicable
- approachable
- beneficent
- benevolent
- benign
- benignant
- big-hearted
- bland
- bonhomous
- charitable
- chivalrous
- civil
- compassionate
- complaisant
- congenial
- considerate
- cordial
- courteous
- courtly
- easy
- forthcoming
- friendly
- gallant
- genial
- good-hearted
- good-natured
- hospitable
- indulgent
- lenient
- loving
- merciful
- mild
- obliging
- pleasing
- polite
- sociable
- stately
- suave
- tender
- unctuous
- urbane
- well-mannered
- accordant
- adapted
- amicable
- balanced
- compatible
- concordant
- congenial
- congruous
- consonant
- coordinated
- cordial
- dulcet
- euphonious
- harmonic
- harmonizing
- in accord
- in chorus
- in concert
- in harmony
- in step
- in tune
- in unison
- like
- matching
- mellifluous
- melodic
- melodious
- mix
- musical
- of one mind
- on same wavelength
- peaceful
- rhythmical
- silvery
- similar
- simpatico
- sonorous
- suitable
- sweet-sounding
- symmetrical
- sympathetic
- symphonic
- symphonious
- tuneful
- breezy
- colloquial
- congenial
- cool
- democratic
- down home
- easy
- easygoing
- everyday
- extempore
- familiar
- folksy
- frank
- free
- free-and-easy
- homey
- improv
- inconspicuous
- intimate
- laid back
- loose
- low-pressure
- mellow
- mixed
- motley
- natural
- off-the-cuff
- open
- ordinary
- relaxed
- spontaneous
- sporty
- straightforward
- throwaway
- unceremonious
- unconstrained
- unconventional
- unfussy
- unofficial
- unrestrained
- urbane
- without ceremony
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