affable, amiable, cordial, genial
(adjective) diffusing warmth and friendliness; “an affable smile”; “an amiable gathering”; “cordial relations”; “a cordial greeting”; “a genial host”
kind, genial
(adjective) agreeable, conducive to comfort; “a dry climate kind to asthmatics”; “the genial sunshine”; “hot summer pavements are anything but kind to the feet”
genial, mental
(adjective) of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw
Source: WordNet® 3.1
genial (comparative more genial, superlative most genial)
Friendly and cheerful.
(especially of weather) Pleasantly mild and warm.
Marked by genius.
(archaic) Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive.
(obsolete) Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn.
genial (not comparable)
(anatomy) Relating to the chin; genian.
• Eaglin, Ealing, igneal, linage
Source: Wiktionary
Ge*ni"al, a. (Anat.)
Definition: Same as Genian.
Gen"ial, a. Etym: [L. genialis: cf. OF. genial. See Genius.]
1. Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive. "The genial bed." Milton. Creator Venus, genial power of love. Dryden.
2. Contributing to, and sympathizing with, the enjoyment of life; sympathetically cheerful and cheering; jovial and inspiring joy or happiness; exciting pleasure and sympathy; enlivening; kindly; as, she was of a cheerful and genial disposition. So much I feel my genial spirits droop. Milton.
3. Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn. [Obs.] Natural incapacity and genial indisposition. Sir T. Browne.
4. Denoting or marked with genius [R.] Men of genius have often attached the highest value to their less genial works. Hare. Genial gods (Pagan Mythol.), the powers supposed to preside over marriage and generation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
