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• s  diffusing warmth and friendliness
  a genial host
• a  of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw
• s  agreeable, conducive to comfort
  the genial sunshine

• When most people think of Pete Rozelle, if they think at all of Pete Rozelle, they probably recall a genial fellow with a balding pate and the ready smile of a car salesman who .
• They mistake his genial moral maxims for the fundamental faiths that motivated his actions.
• For a sex lecture, the lady instructor arrives in the buff, prompting a genial response from a student audience, and furious blushing and giggles from four parents.

• affable
• amiable
• cordial
• mental
• kind

News & Articles

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• A lot’s at stake with Dad’s Steak
  Father’s Day grilling around my house was always fraught with tension. My dad was not the genial Fred MacMurray type. He paced irritably, chain-smoking, beside the Weber grill in the backyard of our cottage in Madison, Conn., with a kitchen timer in hand. Woe be the designated griller (me) who was not standing at attention, grill tongs and platter ready for action, when that timer dinged. My ...
  June 12, 2013 - The Southern Illinoisan
• They’re Not Dead Yet
  The genial gent with the glasses doesn’t look like a dinosaur, but the Hartford Courant’s Frank Rizzo is one: One of the last remaining full-time theater critics in Connecticut—and, to indulge in dramatic license, perhaps in the nation, the planet, the cosmos. Rizzo is intent on reversing the fossil trend.
  June 11, 2013 - New Haven Independent
• Ball Don’t Lie’s 2012-13 NBA Finals Preview: Miami Heat vs. San Antonio Spurs
  The minds behind Ball Don’t Lie have previewed the NBA Finals, with Kelly Dwyer going against character for a more genial take, Dan Devine bringing his inimitable mixture of both order and bedlam, along with Eric Freeman’s legendary look inside … Continue reading ?
  June 5, 2013 - Ball Don't Lie via Yahoo! Sports

Quotes

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• Vladimir Putin in ITAR-TASS
  We knew Boris Nikolayevich as a courageous but genial and warm-hearted person. He was straightforward and bold national leader who was frank and honest to his utmost in defending his positions,Putin said.
• Bob Hawke in Sydney Morning Herald
  Mr Hawke described Mr Burns as a "genial and genuine man".
• CS Lewis in WorldNetDaily
  For a man of his achievements, including the titles of Bharat Kesri and Rustam-E-Hind, Master Chandgi Ram has a genial presence. His stint in the Jat Regiment of the Indian Army and then as a school teacher, coupled with his sense of humour made... Suresh Kalmadi http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suresh_Kalmadi&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNE__6gxyNWScC28-ibNGiRTH-IOMw Times of India http://www.google.com/url?q=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Sports/More-Sports/Wrestling/Kalmadi-condoles-death-of-wrestler-Chandgi-Ram/articleshow/6106581.cms&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFJyI7-rEouyfLiafgzM03iHqQJxQ Jun 29, 2010 41563 53321 geniality The world in which I had to project myself while I spoke through Screwtape was all dust, grit, thirst and itch," said Lewis. "Every trace of beauty, freshness and geniality had to be excluded."