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benignantly

benignantly adverb: in a benignant manner.

Adverb

benignantly (comparative more benignantly, superlative most benignantly)

  1. In a benignant manner.
    • The Dominus Rex, benignantly receiving our Thirteen with their obeisance, and graciously declaring that he will strive to act for God’s honour, and the Church’s good, commands […]1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. VIII, The Election”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book II (The Ancient Monk)
    • Kavanaugh benignantly suggests the majority has “succumbed to ‘the natural desire that beguiles judges along with other human beings into imposing their own views of goodness, truth, and justice upon others.’”2020 July 10, Ben Williams, “The U.S. Supreme Court and sexual orientation”, in The Mississippi Business Journal

Forms of benignantly

comparativemore benignantly
superlativemost benignantly

Origin of benignantly

From benignant + -ly.

Questions about benignantly

What does benignantly mean?
Benignantly means in a benignant manner.
What part of speech is benignantly?
Benignantly is an adverb.

Words near benignantly in the dictionary

  1. benign prostatic hyperplasia
  2. benign prostatic hyperplasias
  3. benignancies
  4. benignancy
  5. benignant
  6. benignantly
  7. benigne
  8. benigner
  9. benignest
  10. benignitie
  11. benignities

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