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Definition: Genially |
GeniallyAdverb1. In an affable manner; "`Come and visit me,' he said amiably". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "genially" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references) |
Synonyms: GeniallySynonyms: affably (adv), amiably (adv). (additional references) |
| "Genially" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Genially" is used about 22 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 22 | 74,468 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "genially"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | përzemërisht, me ngrohtësi, me butësi (gently). (various references) | |
Arabic | بكرم (kindly, nobly, obligingly), بلطف (fair, gently, obligingly, pleasantly, softly, sweet, sweetly), بحنان (fondly, kindly, softly), بحرارة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сърдечно (cordially, heartily), общително. (various references) | |
Czech | srdeènì (cordially, heartily, warmly). (various references) | |
French | génialement (with genius), cordialement, chaleureusement, affablement. (various references) | |
German | heiter (alacritous, amusing, blithe, bright, brightly, buoyant, buoyantly, carefree, cheerful, cheerfully, cheery, clear, fair, fine, funny, gay, gayly, glad, happily, happy, humorous, humorously, jocund, jovial, jovially, lighthearted, mellow, merry, mirthful, mirthfully, sanguine, serene, sunny, tranquil, untroubled), freundlich (affable, amicable, befriending, benign, benignant, benignly, boonly, bright, charitably, cheerful, companionable, companionably, congenial, cordial, cordially, favorable, favourable, friendly, genial, gentle, good-natured, jovial, kind, kindly, Matey, pleasant, pleasantly, sociable, suave, suavely, sympathetic). (various references) | |
Hebrew | בלבביות (heartily). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szívélyesen (amicably, heartily, kindly, to give sy the glad hand), derűsen (jovially, sunnily), barátságosan (amiably, amicably, sociably). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eniallygay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | jovialmente, cordialmente (cordially, heartily, like a shot), com bom humor, amavelmente (amiably, friendly, kindly, obligingly). (various references) | |
Romanian | voios (cheerful, cheerfully, exhilarated, festival, genial, glad, gleeful, jaunty, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, mellow, merrily, merry, mirthful, saucy), plãcut (agreeable, cheerful, comely, dulcet, fine, genial, gladsome, good, goodly, grateful, gratefully, gratifying, handsome, homey, kindly, likable, listenable, merry, neat, nice, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, smooth, snug, sweet), favorabil (advantageous, appreciative, appreciatory, auspicious, bright, convenient, Dexter, fair, favorable, favorably, favored, favourable, favourably, favoured, fortunate, friendly, genial, good, happy, inclinable, kindly, large, lucky, propitious, suited, towardly), cu veselie (merrily, mirthfully, playfully), cu simpatie, bonom (genial), agreabil (agreeable, agreeably, attractive, boon, charming, cheerful, delightful, enjoyable, genial, good, gratefully, gratifying, nice, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, smooth-faced). (various references) | |
Russian | сердечно (cordially, heartily, warmheartedly), добродушно. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ljubazno (amicably, graciously, kindly, nicely, obligingly). (various references) | |
Spanish | simpáticamente, atractivamente (neatly), afablemente (affably). (various references) | |
Turkish | neşeyle (cheerfully, cheery, cock-a-hoop, gaily, in high spirits, jauntily, merrily, sprightly), canlı (active, alive, animate, animated, beany, breezy, bright, brightly, brisk, bustling, colorful, colourful, Corky, crisp, crispy, dashing, dewy, driving, exhilarated, expressive, exuberant, feeling, fresh, full of beans, full of life, gay, ginger, gingery, glowing, go-go, graphic, graphical, hearty, humming, in the flesh, inspired, life, live, lively, living, living being, living creature, lusty, mercurial, mettled, mettlesome, peppy, perky, picturesque, quick, racy, rich, rousing, sappy, saturated, smart, snappy, spirited, sprightly, springy, swinging, vibrant, vital, vivacious, vivid, warm, with it, zippy), candan (bluff, candid, companionable, cordial, cordially, deep-felt, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, heart-whole, hearty, open armed, open-hearted, personable, sincere, single minded, single-eyed, single-hearted, whole-hearted, willing, with open arms). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "genially": congenially. (additional references) | |
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"Genially" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Gentilly, genuilley, Gionallo. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "genially" (pronounced 'Gen"ial*ly'): Abandonedly, Abasedly, Abashedly, Abhorrently, Abidingly, Abjectly, Abnormally, Abominably, Aboriginally, Abortively, Abruptly, Absently, Absolutely, Absorbedly, Abstinently, Abstractedly, Abstractively, Abstractly, Abstrusely, Absurdly, Abundantly, Abusively, Abysmally, Academically, Accentually, Acceptably, Acceptedly, Accessarily, Accessibly, Accessorily, Accidentally, Accommodately, Accordantly, Accordingly, Accountably, Accurately, Accusatively, Accusatorially, Accusingly, Accustomably, Accustomarily, Achromatically, Acidly, Acknowledgedly, Acoustically, Acquiescently, Acquisitively, Acridly, Acrimoniously, Acrocephaly. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-l-l-n-y" | |
-1 letter: agilely, alienly, allying, gallein, langley, yealing, yelling. | |
-2 letters: gainly, galley, genial, lanely, laying, leanly, lienal, linage, lineal. | |
-3 letters: agile, agley, algin, alien, align, aline, alley, angel, angle, anile, elain, eying, gaily, gally, gilly, glean, glial, ileal, ingle, inlay, legal, liane, liang, ligan, liney, linga, lingy, lying, nelly. | |
-4 letters: agin, agly, ally, anil, ayin, egal. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-l-l-n-y" | |
+1 letter: geminally, genically, genitally. | |
+2 letters: eyeballing, gallerying, germinally, integrally, pleadingly, pleasingly, regionally. | |
+3 letters: angelically, appealingly, bellyaching, congenially, eugenically, falteringly, generically, genetically, genitivally, inelegantly, legendarily, revealingly. | |
+4 letters: clatteringly, concealingly, congenitally, desolatingly, flatteringly, gelatinously, geosynclinal, hygienically, magnetically, managerially, meaningfully, misleadingly, oleaginously, palynologies, synergically, tangentially. | |
+5 letters: abiogenically, allergenicity, antigenically, centrifugally, challengingly, cryogenically, egomaniacally, energetically, enigmatically, ergonomically, evangelically, everlastingly, genotypically, gynecological, laryngologies, meaninglessly, monogenically, mutagenically, panegyrically, synecological, unappealingly, unfalteringly. | |
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