Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being congenial.
- noun Correspondence; suitableness; agreeableness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state or quality of being congenial; natural affinity; adaptation; suitableness.
- noun Compatibility between persons.
- noun The personality trait of being friendly to a conspicuous degree.
- noun The personality trait of being likable or pleasant.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality of being
congenial ; the state of beingagreeable or of having similar tastes.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a congenial disposition
- noun compatibility between persons
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Examples
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Yes, Snow's congeniality is a pleasant change from Scott McClellan's robotic droning.
May 2006 2006
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No one has ever suggested that the President of the National Chamber should win congeniality awards on Parliament Hill.
Towards a New BusinessGovernment Understanding in Canada 1981
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What they call congeniality of tastes ain't always it.
Options O. Henry 1886
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What's behind Mr. Bloomberg's sudden burst of third-term congeniality?
Queens Crap Queens Crapper 2010
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What's behind Mr. Bloomberg's sudden burst of third-term congeniality?
Queens Crap Queens Crapper 2010
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Considerations of wealth and position are permitted to influence your selections rather than the idea of congeniality and adaptability.
Strange Visitors Henry J. Horn
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MASON: Well, I think this kind of congeniality and ease and sweetness and softness, most people get involved in the competitive nature of this kind of business and there is a turbulent intensity in most people.
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MASON: Well, I think that this kind of congeniality and ease and sweetness and softness.
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MASON: Well, I think this kind of congeniality and ease and sweetness and softness, most people get involved in the competitive nature in this kind of business and there is a turbulent intensity in most people.
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Nevertheless, there is a kind of congeniality in Filipinos, and it's not only the president.
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