Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Genial \Gen"ial\, a. [L. genialis: cf. OF. genial. See
   {Genius}.]
   1. Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or
      production; generative; procreative; productive. ``The
      genial bed.'' --Milton.

            Creator Venus, genial power of love.  --Dryden.

   2. 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.

            So much I feel my genial spirits droop. --Milton.

   3. Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native;
      natural; inborn. [Obs.]

            Natural incapacity and genial indisposition. --Sir
                                                  T. Browne.

   4. Denoting or marked with genius; belonging to the higher
      nature. [R.]

            Men of genius have often attached the highest value
            to their less genial works.           --Hare.

   {Genial gods} (Pagan Mythol.), the powers supposed to preside
      over marriage and generation.