benignancy
Example Sentences
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Then her kindness to me, her looks, her smiles, her actions, are all intentional benignancy.
From Anna St. Ives by Holcroft, Thomas
When I had ended he was looking at me with a benignancy that I had never seen before upon his face.
From Jacqueline of Golden River by Coleman, Ralph P. (Ralph Pallen)
It was provokingly brilliant and warm; indeed I must, in justice to the Weather Office, allow, that its benignancy has scarcely been interrupted, since I ceased to care whether skies were foul or fair.
From Border and Bastille by Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred)
She took his great toil-worn hand, and her hot tears fell on it, for his gentleness, his benignancy, had touched her deeply.
From The Valley of the Giants by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)
Angelico's benignancy and sweetness are here, but it is not the equal of the "Coronation," which is a blaze of pious fervour and glory.
From A Wanderer in Florence by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)