genial

Meaning

  1. Friendly and cheerful.
  2. Pleasantly mild and warm.
  3. Marked by genius.
  4. Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive.
  5. (obsolete) Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn.

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Hyphenated as
ge‧ni‧al
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdʒiːnɪəl/
Etymology

From Middle French génial, from Latin geniālis (“of or pertaining to marriage; festive, genial”), from genius (“guardian spirit”) + -ālis.

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