Congenial Meaning
/kənˈd͡ʒiːniəl/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjHaving the same or very similar nature, personality, tastes, habits or interests.
adjHaving the same or very similar nature, personality, tastes, habits or interests., Friendly or sociable.
Sentence Examples
All of our neighbors are congenial individuals and always up for a social gathering.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ host made everyone feel welcome at the party.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The host was incredibly ____, making sure every single guest felt welcome and comfortable.
Word Origin & History
From con- + genial.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"No sluggish tide congenial to the glooms; / This, as it frothed by, might have been a bath / For the fiend's glowing hoof - to see the wrath / Of its black eddy bespate with flakes and spumes."
— 1855, Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came, section XIX:
"What was it that made this notion of mimesis, in spite of its inherent difficulties that only the dialectical method enables him to avoid, seem so useful and congenial to Plato?"
— 1961, J. A. Philip, “Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato”, in Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92, pages 453–468:
"To the question 'what is a "mechanical" process?' Turing returned the characteristic answer 'Something that can be done by a machine' and he embarked on the highly congenial task of analysing the general notion of a computing machine."
— 1995, Robin Gandy, “The Confluence of Ideas in 1936”, in The Universal Turing Machine—A Half-Century Survey:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ host made everyone feel welcome at the party.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The host was incredibly ____, making sure every single guest felt welcome and comfortable.