genial

1. a. Same as Genian. Source: opted

2. a. Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive. Source: opted

3. a. Contributing to, and sympathizing with, the enjoyment of life; sympathetically cheerful and cheering; jovial and inspiring joy or happiness; exciting pleasure and sympathy; enlivening; kindly; as, she was of a cheerful and genial disposition. Source: opted

4. a. Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn. Source: opted

5. a. Denoting or marked with genius; belonging to the higher nature. Source: opted

6. adj. diffusing warmth and friendliness Source: wordnet

7. adj. of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw Source: wordnet

8. adj. agreeable, conducive to comfort Source: wordnet

9. Same as Genian. 1. Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive. "The genial bed." Milton. Creator Venus, genial power of love. Dryden. 2. Contributing to, and sympathizing with, the enjoyment of life; sympathetically cheerful and cheering; jovial and inspiring joy or happiness; exciting pleasure and sympathy; enlivening; kindly; as, she was of a cheerful and genial disposition. So much I feel my genial spirits droop. Milton. 3. Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn. [Obs.] Natural incapacity and genial indisposition. Sir T. Browne. 4. Denoting or marked with genius [R.] Men of genius have often attached the highest value to their less genial works. Hare. Genial gods (Pagan Mythol.), the powers supposed to preside over marriage and generation. Source: webster

10. j:100 a. of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw Source: ecdict

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