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Who did E. B. White call "the most…sensitive, quick, and generally congenial readers on earth"?

congenial

[kuhn-jeen-yuhl] / kənˈdʒin jəl /


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Gray’s early life has all the ingredients of a congenial coming-of-age movie, one rooted in the anything-goes landscape of postwar Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

And if people prefer a congenial bot over messy human relationships, they can lose social skills, become isolated, or even spiral.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

The world’s most powerful republic finds the elderly monarch more congenial than the prime minister.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026

To Mediavilla, she is an overlooked Disneyland personality, working to set up tour school groups, help define children’s activities and be an advocate for Disneyland’s overly congenial hospitality.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026

Howard has scheduled me to have Friday off one week, Tuesday and Wednesday the next, and I would have to do some serious sucking up to arrive at a more stable and congenial schedule.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich


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