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Webster 1913 Edition
Congenial
Con-gen′ial
([GREEK]; 106)
, Adj.
[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;
“Congenial clime.” as, a
. congenial
atmosphere to work inC. J. Fox.
To defame the excellence with which it has no sympathy . . . is its
congenial
work. I. Taylor.
Webster 1828 Edition
Congenial
CONGENIAL
,Adj.
1.
Partaking of the same genus, kind or nature; kindred; cognate; as congenial souls.2.
Belonging to the nature; natural; agreeable to the nature; usually followed by to; as, this severity is not congenial to him.3.
Natural; agreeable to the nature; adapted; as a soil congenial to a plant.