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
She could think kindly and benignantly of all the world.
From Mrs. Thompson A Novel by W. B. (William Babington) Maxwell
When I was introduced to the Venerable Gammon he was beaming benignantly on a throng of adoring statesmen in the lobby of Congress, and I soon discovered that he was saying things.
From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 by R. H. (Robert Henry) Newell
