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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Congenial \Con*gen"ial\ (?; 106), a. [Pref. con- + genial.] 1. Partaking of the same nature; allied by natural characteristics; kindred; sympathetic. Congenial souls! whose life one avarice joins. --Pope. 2. Naturally adapted; suited to the disposition. ``Congenial clime.'' --C. J. Fox. To defame the excellence with which it has no sympathy . . . is its congenial work --I. Taylor. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: congenial adj 1: suitable to your needs or similar to your nature"; "a congenial atmosphere to work in"; "two congenial spirits united...by mutual confidence and reciprocal virtues"- T.L.Peacock [syn: {agreeable}] [ant: {uncongenial}] 2: used of plants; capable of cross-fertilization or of being grafted
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