genial
Example Sentences
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Initially they rekindle a genial intimacy over art, meals and the city’s beauty.
From Los Angeles Times
A formidable scholar with a genial talent for storytelling, he amplifies his archival research with personal investigation of the places and surviving objects from his subject’s life.
RFK Jr.’s more genial video version shows him sipping a glass of milk and being dreamily transported to a lively dance floor.
From Los Angeles Times
Generally speaking, it’s more angular, more acid, more morbid, more willing to let a protagonist stew in misery, more suspicious of sentiment than our comparatively genial homegrown brand.
From Los Angeles Times
His genial demeanour and penchant for folksy parables belie a past as a wily guerrilla fighter and ruthless political survivor.
From Barron's
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