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
"I do, indeed," and Mrs. Tuke smiled upon her visitor most benignantly.
From A Gamble with Life by Silas K. (Silas Kitto) Hocking
In such a day the dying year bends benignantly to earth and is fain to loiter in the ways of youth.
From The Main Chance by Meredith Nicholson
