English Dictionary: Congenial | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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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. |