Modifies a noun

• warmth: Before long it was roaring, and diffusing a genial warmth on all sides.

• host: Jeremy revealed hidden talents in moderating the panel like the genial host.

• smile: Glimpse the whiskey priest, sealed in the bottle preserving a genial smile.

• personality: His warm, genial personality is in direct proportion, too.

• climate: Happily the want of glass was not much felt in the genial climate of the country.

• man: He is a big genial man with a wide smile.

Modifying Another Word

• very: At that time, looking after the tennis courts was a very genial character.

• so: The Duke of Cambridge, usually so genial, was now strangely reserved.

• exceedingly: Mr. Pond had borne an excellent reputation as an astute and honorable business man, successful politician and an exceedingly genial companion.

• otherwise: For his own education, perhaps, the otherwise genial and lovely Bardem needs to reach for the high-heels as soon as possible.

• extremely: It has the feel of the incredibly grand, but extremely genial and generous aristocrat.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: Pill, the presiding judge, seems more genial than ever.

• become: And still the warmth seemed to increase and to become more genial.