Definition of genial

• a. - Same as Genian.
• a. - Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive.
• a. - Contributing to, and sympathizing with, the enjoyment of life; sympathetically cheerful and cheering; jovial and inspiring joy or happiness; exciting pleasure and sympathy; enlivening; kindly; as, she was of a cheerful and genial disposition.
• a. - Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn.
• a. - Denoting or marked with genius; belonging to the higher nature.