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English Dictionary: Congenial by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
congenial
adj
  1. suitable to your needs; "a congenial atmosphere to work in"; "two congenial spirits united...by mutual confidence and reciprocal virtues"- T.L.Peacock
    Antonym(s): incompatible, uncongenial
  2. (used of plants) capable of cross-fertilization or of being grafted
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Congenial \Con*gen"ial\ ([?]; 106), a. [Pref. con- + genial.]
      1. Partaking of the same nature; allied by natural
            characteristics; kindred; sympathetic.
  
                     Congenial souls! whose life one avarice joins.
                                                                              --Pope.
  
      2. Naturally adapted; suited to the disposition.
            [bd]Congenial clime.[b8] --C. J. Fox.
  
                     To defame the excellence with which it has no
                     sympathy . . . is its congenial work. --I. Taylor.
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