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Definition of Benignantly
1. Adverb. In a benign manner. "This drug is benignly soporific"
Definition of Benignantly
1. Adverb. In a benignant manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Benignantly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Benignantly
Literary usage of Benignantly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"... Punic hearts of stone Grow soft beneath the effluence divine; And, most of
all, the Queen, with heart at ease Awaits benignantly her guests from Troy. ..."
2. The Sufferings and Glories of the Messiah: An Exposition of Psalm XVIII and by John Brown (1853)
""With the merciful," ie, the benignantly bountiful, "Thou showest thyself merciful,"
benignantly bountiful. The Divine dispensations to the Messiah were ..."
3. The Spanish Conquest in America: And Its Relation to the History of Slavery by Arthur Helps, Michael Oppenheim (1902)
"... that the Indians of the islands are to be brought into peace and quietude,
being reduced into subjection "benignantly"; and also, as the principal end ..."
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