GENIAL, GENIALLY
ADJECTIVES
► BEIN pleasant, genial, kindly → a1200 obs.
► BOON convivial, jolly, genial → M16
► COUTHIE ► COUTHY kindly, pleasant, agreeable, genial → 1719 Sc.
► HEARTSOME full of mirth, merry, cheerful, lively, light-hearted, joyous; pleasant, genial → 1724 chiefly Sc.
► SANSHACH pleasant, agreeable, genial → 1969 Sc.
► SUNBEAMED as bright as the sun; genial, kind → 1588 obs.
► SUNBEAMY kind, genial → 1890
ADVERBS
► BEIN pleasantly, genially, kindly → c1400 obs. exc. Sc.
► BENIGNLY of things: genially, favourably, auspiciously → a1687
NOUNS – PERSON
► HANDSHAKER a person who makes a show of being genial, esp. one who attempts to curry favour with insincere flattery; a sycophant, a toady → 1884 US colloq.
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