Benignant
[bi'nignәnt]
Definition
(adj.) characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects; 'our benignant king' .
Editor: Lucius--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Kind; gracious; favorable.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Kind, BENIGN.
Typist: Michael
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See BENEFICIENT]
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Examples
- His look was thoughtful, but had a benignant expression in it which I often (how often! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He was nursing the baby, and appeared to be a benignant member of society. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- As His disciple I adopt His pure, His merciful, His benignant doctrines. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The Queen, his wife, knew this: it seemed to me, the reflection of her husband's grief lay, a subduing shadow, on her own benignant face. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She made, too, such a point of personally receiving his visits, and was so unfailingly cheerful, blithe, and benignant in her manner to him. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He had a fatherly, benignant way of showing his fondness for her, which seemed in itself to express a good man. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Well might we like him, with all his passions and hurricanes, when he could be so benignant and docile at times, as he was just now. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- SOME disorder had surely crept into the course of the elements, destroying their benignant influence. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Here Mr. Nupkins looked benignant. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It came upon me as the close of the benignant history I had been pursuing, and I felt that I had but one thing to do. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Paul's all-benignant salute. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Assuredly a most benignant power built up the majestic fabric we inhabit, and framed the laws by which it endures. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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