benignant
adjective
kind, especially to inferiors; gracious.
benignantly
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a word derived from
benignant.
Example Sentences
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Plato would smile benignantly on your progress, from the particulars of something sketched in the real world to the transcendence of pure form.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 1, 2015
In Ms. Tushnet’s time, as in mine — I was four years ahead of her at Yale — the Party of the Right had a benignantly cultish quality.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2010
He looked up and, out of priestly habit, smiled benignantly at Milton, his white teeth appearing in the great bush of black beard.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
His eyes that had constantly sought the open door with apprehension now hovered benignantly upon the bottle that still graced the centre of the table.
From The Three Sapphires by W. A. Fraser
Mr. Bradley smiled benignantly upon Colonel Challoner as from heights of sunrise, and passed on.
From The Turnstile by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
