genial
Example Sentences
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Across the board, the staff is genial and preternaturally accommodating.
From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026
In more ways than one: Cook got the top job at 50, the same age as Ternus, and both have a genial approach to management.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
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.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
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 • Feb. 12, 2026
Then, assisted by the genial but shadowy Morley, Michelson embarked on years of fastidious measurements.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing genial
Fast Food Nation
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Grade 10, List 6
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"The Lady, or the Tiger?" by Frank R. Stockton
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