genial
adj.friendly and pleasant in a way that makes people feel comfortable. You use this to describe someone who is warm and easy to talk to.
adj.friendly, pleasant, and good-natured. Often used to describe a person's disposition or a social atmosphere.
“The host was very genial and made everyone feel welcome.”
“Despite the long hours and difficult tasks, the manager maintained a genial attitude that kept the team motivated.”
“The retired professor was known for his genial nature, often spending his evenings in the library chatting with students about literature and philosophy.”
“The usually genial country has been bitterly divided over a vote this weekend on whether to enter membership talks with the European Union.”
“In conversation, the genial Healy then volunteers a droll story of teenage infidelity, a drunken tryst with a girl from another part of Glasgow, which he wrongly thinks will insulate him from discovery.”
From Middle French génial, from Latin geniālis (“of or pertaining to marriage; festive, genial”), from genius (“guardian spirit”) + -ālis.
From Ancient Greek γένειον (géneion, “chin”) + -al.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.