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synonyms for genially

  • affably
  • affirmatively
  • amiably
  • amicably
  • appropriately
  • benevolently
  • charmingly
  • cheerfully
  • convivially
  • favorably
  • good-humoredly
  • good-naturedly
  • graciously
  • happily
  • kindly
  • mutually
  • obligingly
  • peacefully
  • pleasingly
  • politely
  • satisfactorily
  • sympathetically
  • well
  • wonderfully
  • blithely
  • brightly
  • gaily
  • gladly
  • gleefully
  • happily
  • joyfully
  • merrily
  • optimistically
  • playfully
  • pleasantly
  • readily
  • willingly
  • airily
  • buoyantly
  • elatedly
  • hopefully
  • jovially
  • lightheartedly
  • mirthfully
  • sportively
  • vivaciously

antonyms for genially

MOST RELEVANT
  • dissenting
  • unpleasantly
  • unwillingly
  • sadly
  • unhappily
  • gloomily
  • grudgingly
  • unwillingly
  • inconsiderately
  • unkindly
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      How to use genially in a sentence

      "That's as it ought to be, Sam," said the detective genially.
      THE DAFFODIL MYSTERYEDGAR WALLACE
      Skipper Zeb exclaimed, genially, warming his hands before the fire.
      LEFT ON THE LABRADORDILLON WALLACE
      "Have another scotch on the rocks, Ralph," he said genially.
      THE PLANET STRAPPERSRAYMOND ZINKE GALLUN
      He was on guard now when his Aminta played, not the indignant and the frozen, but the genially indifferent.
      LORD ORMONT AND HIS AMINTA, COMPLETEGEORGE MEREDITH
      When Dorn had passed through another torrent of congratulations, the judge genially resumed the direction of affairs.
      BELFORD'S MAGAZINE, VOL. II, NO. 3, FEBRUARY 1889VARIOUS
      On the whole, Punch jibes impartially and genially at Suffragists and anti-Suffragists alike.
      MR. PUNCH'S HISTORY OF MODERN ENGLAND VOL. IV OF IV.CHARLES L. GRAVES
      "That will make you feel quite one of the performers," said the Herr Professor genially.
      IN A GERMAN PENSIONKATHERINE MANSFIELD
      Mr. Hawthorne never writes more genially and agreeably than when attempting to amuse children.
      HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE VOL. IV, NO. 19, DEC 1851VARIOUS
      Despite verandahs and trees, the sunshine soaks down into every corner—genially, languorously warm.
      FROM CAPETOWN TO LADYSMITHG. W. STEEVENS
      Delgado called upon the Saints in a series of genially blasphemous exhortations.
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