genially
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Partisanship was in many ways alien to Cowley’s probing and genially learned critical temperament, which Mr. Howard describes as “Emersonian, humanistic, exploratory.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
Industry publication Screen Daily said the film was "shot, one suspects, with a touch of guerrilla ingenuity... Last Swim also has a palpably improvised component in the friends' genially pitched running banter."
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2025
Gill’s police chief, 5 feet tall, walrus mustache, considered genially effective if utterly corrupt.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2023
A few days ago, Clay Helton genially answered a phone call from that same columnist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2022
“Well, well, take twenty well-earned points for Gryffindor, Miss Granger,” said Slughorn genially.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
