geniality

geniality
Synonyms and related words:
affability, agreeability, agreeableness, amenity, amiability, amicability, ardency, bliss, blissfulness, blitheness, blithesomeness, bonhomie, brightness, cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, cheery vein, civility, clubbability, clubbishness, clubbism, communicativeness, companionability, compatibility, complaisance, congeniality, cordiality, courtesy, enjoyableness, eupeptic mien, familiarity, felicitousness, fondness for society, friendliness, generosity, gentleness, gladness, gladsomeness, good cheer, good disposition, good humor, good nature, good temper, goodliness, goodnaturedness, goodness, goodtemperedness, graciousness, gratefulness, gregariousness, happiness, harmoniousness, heartiness, hopefulness, hospitableness, hospitality, intimacy, lenity, liberality, mellifluousness, mellowness, mildness, neighborliness, niceness, open door, openheartedness, optimism, pleasance, pleasantness, pleasantry, pleasingness, pleasurability, pleasurableness, pleasure, pleasurefulness, radiance, rapport, receptiveness, rosy expectation, sanguine humor, sanguineness, sociability, sociableness, social grace, sociality, sunniness, sweetness, sweetness and light, urbanity, warmheartedness, warmness, warmth, welcomeness, winsomeness

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  • Geniality — Ge ni*al i*ty, n. [L. genialitas.] The quality of being genial; sympathetic cheerfulness; warmth of disposition and manners. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • geniality — index consideration (sympathetic regard), courtesy, goodwill Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • geniality — c.1600, festivity; 1650s, cheerfulness, from L.L. genialitas festivity, pleasantness, from L. genialis (see GENIAL (Cf. genial)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • geniality — [n] extreme niceness affability, agreeability, agreeableness, amenity, amiability, cheerfulness, cheeriness, congenialness, conviviality, cordiality, enjoyableness, friendliness, gladness, good cheer, good nature, gratefulness, happiness,… …   New thesaurus

  • geniality — noun The quality of being genial Sometimes this throat uttered Yes, sometimes it uttered No; sometimes it made inquiries about a time worn denizen of the place. Once it surprised her notions by remarking upon the friendliness and geniality… …   Wiktionary

  • geniality — genial ► ADJECTIVE 1) friendly and cheerful. 2) literary (of weather) pleasantly mild and warm. DERIVATIVES geniality noun genially adverb. ORIGIN Latin genialis nuptial, productive , from genius (see GENIUS(Cf. ↑genius …   English terms dictionary

  • geniality — noun see genial I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • geniality — See genial1. * * * …   Universalium

  • geniality — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. kindliness, cheerfulness, friendliness; see friendship 2 , happiness 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality of being pleasant and friendly: affability, agreeability, agreeableness, amenity, amiability, amiableness,… …   English dictionary for students

  • geniality — ge·ni·al·i·ty || ‚dʒɪːnɪ ælÉ™tɪ n. kindliness, warmth, cordiality, agreeableness …   English contemporary dictionary

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