genial• Our hosts were genial and friendly, and our stay was a very pleasant one.• He cast a genialglance at one of his apprentices.• Indeed, she had scarcely enough presence of mind to return Sybil's brightsmile and bidfarewell to the genialinnkeepers.• Dr Saito has a warm, genialmanner.• Glover was genial, modest, and always eager to improve himself.• But all was still save the measured tread of the sentinel and the gentlewhispers of the genial night breeze.• Mr. Parker is a genial old man.• Living well, it seems, is the best revenge, even for a genialpoet.