genial
Example Sentences
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When the genial 77-year-old Albany Law School graduate walked into his courtroom in lower Manhattan last week, he was presiding over a single refund case—involving a filtration company—that no one was watching.
The book’s final chapters, informed by social-science research, offer genial guidance on understanding mistakes and preventing them in the future.
His innocent smiles and genial facial expressions won over millions of viewers.
From Barron's
Initially they rekindle a genial intimacy over art, meals and the city’s beauty.
From Los Angeles Times
A formidable scholar with a genial talent for storytelling, he amplifies his archival research with personal investigation of the places and surviving objects from his subject’s life.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.