Meaning & use
Geniality
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A warm, friendly, and cheerful manner or disposition.
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The host greeted every guest with unfailing geniality.
His geniality put even the most nervous interviewees at ease.
A note on using this word
It stems from "genial," which originally meant "relating to marriage or generation" in Latin before shifting to its modern sense of pleasant warmth.
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