genially

American  

[jeen-yuh-lee, jee-nee-uh-lee] / ˈdʒin yə li, ˈdʒi ni ə li /

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.

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Etymology

Origin of genially

genial ¹ ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

Partisanship was in many ways alien to Cowley’s probing and genially learned critical temperament, which Mr. Howard describes as “Emersonian, humanistic, exploratory.”

From The Wall Street Journal

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."

From BBC

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

From Los Angeles Times

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

From BBC

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

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• blithely
• brightly
• gaily
• gladly
• gleefully
• happily
• joyfully
• merrily
• optimistically
• playfully
• pleasantly
• readily
• willingly