benignant
adjective
kind, especially to inferiors; gracious.
benignancy
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a word derived from
benignant.
Example Sentences
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She rose, a great soft glowing vision of benignancy, and held out her hand, now gloveless, her pretty little smooth plump right hand, with its twinkling rings.
From My Friend Prospero by Henry Harland
The venerable holy men on either side have all Bellini's suave benignancy and incapacity for sin: celestial grandfathers.
From A Wanderer in Venice by Harry Morley
He had a slight swagger, balanced by a certain benignancy.
From The Planet Strappers by Raymond Z. Gallun
He had to perfection that reserve, that kind benignancy that a Beaminster ought to have; whenever Lady Adela questioned the foundations upon which the stability of her life depended he reassured her.
From The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary by Sir Hugh Walpole
She took his great toil-worn hand, and her hot tears fell on it, for his gentleness, his benignancy, had touched her deeply.
From The Valley of the Giants by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne
