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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Genial \Ge*ni"al\, a. (Anat.) Same as {Genian}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Genial \Gen"ial\, a. [L. genialis: cf OF genial. See {Genius}.] 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; belonging to the higher nature. [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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: genial adj 1: diffusing warmth and friendliness; "an affable smile"; "an amiable gathering"; "cordial relations"; "a cordial greeting"; "a genial host" [syn: {affable}, {amiable}, {cordial}] 2: of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw [syn: {mental}] 3: conducive to comfort; beneficial; "the genial sunshine"; "a kind climate"; "hot summer pavements are anything but kind to the feet" [syn: {kind}]
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