genial

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The book’s final chapters, informed by social-science research, offer genial guidance on understanding mistakes and preventing them in the future.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Generally speaking, it’s more angular, more acid, more morbid, more willing to let a protagonist stew in misery, more suspicious of sentiment than our comparatively genial homegrown brand.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

His genial demeanour and penchant for folksy parables belie a past as a wily guerrilla fighter and ruthless political survivor.

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

The Sweet Southern Stammer was David Lewis, a genial Republican House member from rural North Carolina with a speech impediment and an uncommon mastery of election law.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2025

Among the others to go was the genial Berlin native Pief Panofsky, a brilliant thirty-year-old particle physicist.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik