benignant
kind, especially to inferiors; gracious: a benignant sovereign.
exerting a good influence; beneficial: the benignant authority of the new president.
Pathology. benign.
Origin of benignant
1Other words for benignant
Other words from benignant
- be·nig·nan·cy [bih-nig-nuhn-see], /bɪˈnɪg nən si/, noun
- be·nig·nant·ly, adverb
- un·be·nig·nant, adjective
- un·be·nig·nant·ly, adverb
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How to use benignant in a sentence
This stubborn resistance lent all the more lustre to the piety of our benignant Rulers.
They certainly were attractive specimens of their race, and the Quaker miller who offered them had a most benignant countenance.
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondHe had a loose hairy benignant face with a humorous but penetrating eye and the usual domelike brow.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonWith the sun was associated a supreme power that presided over the universe, benignant and eternal.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John LordAs she stood there in the doorway, lamp in hand, she looked like a benignant mother waiting to greet a returning child.
Country Neighbors | Alice Brown
British Dictionary definitions for benignant
/ (bɪˈnɪɡnənt) /
kind; gracious, as a king to his subjects
a less common word for benign (def. 3), benign (def. 4)
Derived forms of benignant
- benignancy, noun
- benignantly, adverb
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