CONGENIAL, adjective [Latin See Generate.] 1. Partaking of the same genus, kind or nature; kindred; cognate; as congenial souls. 2. Belonging to the nature; natural; agreeable to the nature; usually followed by to; as, this severity is not congenial to him. 3. Natural; agreeable to the nature; adapted; as a soil congenial to a plant.
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