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Geniality

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being genial; friendly cheerfulness; warmth of disposition and manners. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) wordnet

Etymology

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

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