Hypertext Webster Gateway: "congenial"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Congenial \Con*gen"ial\ (?; 106), a. [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.'' --C. J. Fox.
To defame the excellence with which it has no
sympathy . . . is its congenial work. --I. Taylor.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
congenial
adj 1: suitable to your needs or similar to your nature; "a
congenial atmosphere to work in"; "two congenial
spirits united...by mutual confidence and reciprocal
virtues"- T.L.Peacock [syn: {agreeable}] [ant: {uncongenial}]
2: used of plants; capable of cross-fertilization or of being
grafted
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