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Genially

Genially \Gen"ial*ly\, adv.

  1. By genius or nature; naturally. [Obs.]

    Some men are genially disposed to some opinions.
    --Glanvill.

  2. Gayly; cheerfully.
    --Johnson.

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genially

adv. 1 In a genial manner; gaily; cheerfully. 2 (context obsolete English) By genius or nature; naturally.

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genially

adv. in an affable manner; "`Come and visit me,' he said amiably" [syn: affably, amiably]

Usage examples of "genially".

As he smiled genially on Domini he showed two rows of small, square white teeth.

Romero Agnelli greeted them genially on their entrance and at once pressed jonge jenevers on them.

Our author says genially, 'if anybody prefers to say that the arctos was something like a totem of the Arcadians .

His face was distinctive and easily recognizable, although in this case he was beaming genially at me from behind a broad, uncluttered walnut desk, with bookcases, framed diplomas, and an American flag in the backwound.

I think I--" "Too bad," said Bibbs, genially, walking to the door with the visitor, while Edith stood staring as the two disappeared in the hall.

He smiled genially at Chak as he knitted his fingers together to keep them from shaking.

The sun is high, and the wind is blowing, and the comrade road is waiting, genially postponing its sure self-revelation, but a-tiptoe to be off now to the woods, where we may share our fun unmolested, unsuspected.

From inside the stable came the voice of a man genially instructing someone in how to correctly clean a horse's hooves.

The guards made no objections if any of them came down to speak with Temeraire, in the gardens just beneath the kiosques, but they shook their heads genially when Laurence pointed over their shoulders to the paved walkway that led towards the rest of the grounds.

Bolan saw the old man nod genially at the Mafiosi, then the gears ground and they lurched on through the intersection.

There was no doubt in my mind that the man in the newspaper clipping from Jake's room and this man smiling genially while he waited for me at the table were one and the same.

Captain Harmon inquired genially as she used an old-fashioned, nonilluminated pointer to gesture at the frozen holo display above the ready room tac table.

Kel said genially, and arranged himself along the wall, lying down on the turf out of the way.