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

For an institution that is supposed to chunter away genially in the background, it has been quite in-your-face for a while now.

From BBC • May 5, 2023

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

There were other photos too, mainly of young Soviet soldiers shaking hands with peasants, planting apple saplings, building homes, always smiling genially.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini