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Definition of Benignly
1. Adverb. In a benign manner. "This drug is benignly soporific"
Definition of Benignly
1. adv. In a benign manner.
Definition of Benignly
1. Adverb. In a benign manner. ¹
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Definition of Benignly
1. benign [adv] - See also: benign
Lexicographical Neighbors of Benignly
Literary usage of Benignly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1876)
"night, and she should be—she likes her own—you understand—but as it has turned
out, it is all right," and Miss Mott smiled benignly on Pleasance. ..."
2. The Earldom of Mar in Sunshine and in Shade During Five Hundred Years: With by Alexander Crawford Lindsay Crawford (1882)
"And are they to be interpreted benignly, with the view of not inferring privation
or injury ... benignly ..."
3. A New Law Dictionary and Glossary: Containing Full Definitions of the by Alexander Mansfield Burrill (1850)
"I., and by statute 1 W. & M. st 2, c. 2. 1 Bl. Com. 140. 4 Reeves Hist. Eng.
Law, 127, 128. BENIGNE. Lat. [from benignus, qv] Liberally, favorably, benignly ..."
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