genially

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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

As the late longtime Ballard resident Maxine Shallow Tuck genially noted in an oral-history interview, “Bus drivers used to say, ‘You got your passports ready?

From Seattle Times • Apr. 14, 2022

"Go ahead," answered Daisy genially, "And if you want to take down any addresses here's my little gold pencil. . . ."

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald