geniality

English

Etymology

From Latin geniālitās, and perhaps also partly formed within English as genial +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ælɪti

Noun

geniality (countable and uncountable, plural genialities)

1. The quality of being genial; friendly cheerfulness; warmth of disposition and manners.
   • 1878, Thomas Hardy, Return of the Native Chapter 3:

     Sometimes this throat uttered Yes, sometimes it uttered No; sometimes it made inquiries about a time worn denizen of the place. Once it surprised her notions by remarking upon the friendliness and geniality written in the faces of the hills around.

   • 1934, George Orwell, Burmese Days:

     […] and yet there was such a wilful geniality about him, such a strenuous air of being off duty and forgetting his rank, that no one was ever quite at ease in his presence.

Anagrams

• inaglyite