genially

[jeen-yuh-lee, jee-nee-uh-lee]

adverb

1. in a pleasantly cheerful or cordial way.

   As the dishes were passed around, we quibbled genially over whether to use two tortillas or one per taco.

Word History and Origins

Origin of genially¹

genial ¹ ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

Industry publication Screen Daily said the film was "shot, one suspects, with a touch of guerrilla ingenuity... Last Swim also has a palpably improvised component in the friends' genially pitched running banter."

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“It’s awesome — a loving, dysfunctional family,” Eggers says genially of his team.

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For an institution that is supposed to chunter away genially in the background, it has been quite in-your-face for a while now.

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Gill’s police chief, 5 feet tall, walrus mustache, considered genially effective if utterly corrupt.

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A few days ago, Clay Helton genially answered a phone call from that same columnist.

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