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genially, adv.|ˈdʒiːnɪəlɪ| [f. genial a.1 + -ly2.] †1. By genius or nature; naturally. Obs.
1661Glanvill Vanity Dogm. xii. 111 Some constitutions are genially disposited to this mentall seriousness. 2. In a genial manner; pleasantly; agreeably; cheerfully, kindlily.
1751Harris Hermes ii. iii. (1765) 266 The splendid Sun..genially warmeth..the fertile Earth. 1782Cowper Progr. Err. 412 Clearer skies and softer air..Freshening his lazy spirits as he ran, Unfolded genially and spread the man. 1847C. Brontë J. Eyre II. vii. 192 To taste but of the crumbs he scattered to stray and stranger birds like me was to feast genially. 1870Lowell Study Wind. (1871) 1 This genially garrulous Fellow of Oriel. 1874Green Short Hist. v. §1. 213 No poetry was ever more human than Chaucer's, none ever came more frankly and genially home to its readers. |