genially
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
Phil, he offered even more staggeringly disquiet but also turns more genially reflective.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2022
Salt Lane at last, and the little man observing Boston so genially through his spyglass.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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