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benignant
[ bih-nig-nuhnt ]
adjective
- kind, especially to inferiors; gracious:
a benignant sovereign.
Synonyms: charitable, generous, benign, benevolent
- exerting a good influence; beneficial:
the benignant authority of the new president.
- Pathology. benign.
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Derived Forms
- beˈnignancy, noun
- beˈnignantly, adverb
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Other Words From
- be·nig·nan·cy [bih-, nig, -n, uh, n-see], noun
- be·nignant·ly adverb
- unbe·nignant adjective
- unbe·nignant·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of benignant1
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Example Sentences
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.
He had a loose hairy benignant face with a humorous but penetrating eye and the usual domelike brow.
With the sun was associated a supreme power that presided over the universe, benignant and eternal.
As she stood there in the doorway, lamp in hand, she looked like a benignant mother waiting to greet a returning child.
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