Definition of Congenial

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Definition of Congenial
	Congenial Partaking of the same nature; allied by natural characteristics; kindred; sympathetic. Naturally adapted; suited to the disposition. Related Definitions: Adapted, Allied, By, Disposition, Kindred, Natural, Naturally, Nature, Of, Partaking, Same, Suited, Sympathetic, The, To

Congenial Quotations

Appetite is essentially insatiable, and where it operates as a criterion of both action and enjoyment (that is, everywhere in the Western world since the sixteenth century) it will infallibly discover congenial agencies (mechanical and political) of expression.
Marshall McLuhan

The higher mental development of woman, the less possible it is for her to meet a congenial male who will see in her, not only sex, but also the human being, the friend, the comrade and strong individuality, who cannot and ought not lose a single trait of her character.
Emma Goldman

Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a complete outlet to all the forces there are in him.
John Burroughs

I always made my food congenial to my constitution, and my health was always excellent.
Giacomo Casanova

I still owe a duty of loyalty to my clients and former clients, so I cannot specify which clients I did not especially find congenial, but the cause was the same.
Floyd Abrams

We have the hardest working people in the world, the most adaptable and the most congenial to employ.
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

I have tried to present my sensations in what is the most congenial and impressive form possible to me.
Edward Hopper

I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.
Carlisle Floyd

I found collaborating with congenial doctors about problems that physicists could help solve was very satisfying. I also like educating anybody who would listen!
John Cameron

I don't ask myself, is the life congenial to me? But, am I fitted for, am I called to, the Ministry?
Wilfred Owen

Congenial Translations

congenial in German is geistesverwandt

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