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congeniality
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Congeniality \Con*ge`ni*al"i*ty\ (? or ?; 106), n.
The state or quality of being congenial; natural affinity;
adaptation; suitableness.
--Sir J. Reynolds.
If congeniality of tastes could have made a marriage
happy, that union should have been thrice blessed.
--Motley.
2. Compatibility between persons.
Syn: congenialness.
3. The personality trait of being friendly to a conspicuous degree.
Syn: geniality.
4. The personality trait of being likable or pleasant.
Syn: pleasantness, likability.
Wiktionary
n. The quality of being congenial; the state of being agreeable or of having similar tastes.
WordNet
n. compatibility between persons [syn: congenialness]
a congenial disposition [ant: uncongeniality]
Usage examples of "congeniality".
That is the shopgirl smile, and I enjoin you to shun it unless you are well fortified with callosity of the heart, caramels and a congeniality for the capers of Cupid.
But this was sufficient, and served to conciliate the good will of the natives, with whom our congeniality of sentiment on this point did more towards inspiring a friendly feeling than anything else that could have happened.
I know not whether it was from this cause, or a certain congeniality of sentiment between us, that he had always shown a partiality for my society.
There was a reviving pleasure in this intercourse, of a kind now tasted by me for the first time -- the pleasure arising from perfect congeniality of tastes, sentiments, and principles.
I claim that congeniality with you which I have found not among my own coevals.
He quite persuaded himself that he had a soul above plodding business, and that, after enjoying himself at home for a time, he could enter upon some other career, that promised more congeniality and renown.
Yet they will laugh to-day at the same things you will, and consequently there would be a most flattering congeniality between you.
My yielding would not be of the sort of yieldings approved of on Earth, those mild, meaningless ripples of sensation, indicative of acceptable congenialities, the most that many of Earth, it seems, could manage, but would be rather the result of his will and power, of his enforcements and determination, the exercise over me of his strength, making me helpless, having me as he wanted me, owning me.
But most of all he was intrigued by her expression, which was so open and good-humored she could almost trademark the term "Miss Congeniality.