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genially

[jeen-yuh-lee, jee-nee-uh-lee] / ˈdʒin yə li, ˈdʒi ni ə li /






ADVERB
merrily
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STRONGEST


ADVERB
warmly
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Example Sentences

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Partisanship was in many ways alien to Cowley’s probing and genially learned critical temperament, which Mr. Howard describes as “Emersonian, humanistic, exploratory.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

Industry publication Screen Daily said the film was "shot, one suspects, with a touch of guerrilla ingenuity... Last Swim also has a palpably improvised component in the friends' genially pitched running banter."

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2025

Recent tradition, no matter the party affiliation, has had the current president genially hosting his immediate predecessor for the unveiling - as Clinton did for George H.W.

From Washington Times • Sep. 2, 2022

A publicist genially hurries along the process: “Yalla!”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2022

“Harry, that’s three of my little suppers you’ve missed now!” said Slughorn, poking him genially in the chest.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling