Benignantly
[bi'nignәntli]
Examples
- He smelt it--tasted it--smiled benignantly--then said: It is inferior--for coffee--but it is pretty fair tea. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I know the hand which drew up that, said Mr. Hall, glancing at Miss Ainley, and smiling benignantly. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Then Miss Mills benignantly dismissed me, saying, 'Go back to Dora! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He panted for breath, and looked benignantly round upon his friends. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I also have noticed the gentleness of her cares for you: doubt not she will benignantly order the circumstances, and fitly appoint the hour. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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