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geniality definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) [syn: affability, affableness, amiability, amiableness, bonhomie, geniality]

Merriam Webster's

noun see genial I

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Geniality Ge`ni*al"i*ty, n. [L. genialitas.] The quality of being genial; sympathetic cheerfulness; warmth of disposition and manners.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see genial

Moby Thesaurus

affability, agreeability, agreeableness, amenity, amiability, amicability, ardency, bliss, blissfulness, blitheness, blithesomeness, bonhomie, brightness, cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, cheery vein, civility, clubbability, clubbishness, clubbism, communicativeness, companionability, compatibility, complaisance, congeniality, cordiality, courtesy, enjoyableness, eupeptic mien, familiarity, felicitousness, fondness for society, friendliness, generosity, gentleness, gladness, gladsomeness, good cheer, good disposition, good humor, good nature, good temper, goodliness, goodnaturedness, goodness, goodtemperedness, graciousness, gratefulness, gregariousness, happiness, harmoniousness, heartiness, hopefulness, hospitableness, hospitality, intimacy, lenity, liberality, mellifluousness, mellowness, mildness, neighborliness, niceness, open door, openheartedness, optimism, pleasance, pleasantness, pleasantry, pleasingness, pleasurability, pleasurableness, pleasure, pleasurefulness, radiance, rapport, receptiveness, rosy expectation, sanguine humor, sanguineness, sociability, sociableness, social grace, sociality, sunniness, sweetness, sweetness and light, urbanity, warmheartedness, warmness, warmth, welcomeness, winsomeness