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benignantly

/bih-nig-nuhnt/US // bɪˈnɪg nənt //UK // (bɪˈnɪɡnənt) //

良性地,慈祥地,仁慈地,良性

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : kind, especially to inferiors; gracious: a benignant sovereign.
    • : exerting a good influence; beneficial: the benignant authority of the new president.
    • : Pathology. benign.

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Examples

  • This stubborn resistance lent all the more lustre to the piety of our benignant Rulers.

  • They certainly were attractive specimens of their race, and the Quaker miller who offered them had a most benignant countenance.

  • He had a loose hairy benignant face with a humorous but penetrating eye and the usual domelike brow.

  • With the sun was associated a supreme power that presided over the universe, benignant and eternal.

  • As she stood there in the doorway, lamp in hand, she looked like a benignant mother waiting to greet a returning child.