genially
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of genially
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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 ● Nov. 7, 2025
“It’s awesome — a loving, dysfunctional family,” Eggers says genially of his team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2024
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 ● May 5, 2023
Gill’s police chief, 5 feet tall, walrus mustache, considered genially effective if utterly corrupt.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2023
With his pipe, genially self-effacing manner, and electrified hair, Einstein was too splendid a figure to remain permanently obscure, and in 1919, the war over, the world suddenly discovered him.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
