benignancy
Example Sentences
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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)
He has a broad benignant brow, like Benjamin Franklin's; but his brooding eyes, golden, unfathomable, deny benignancy.
From Americans and Others by Repplier, Agnes
He had a slight swagger, balanced by a certain benignancy.
From The Planet Strappers by Gallun, Raymond Z.
The beauty of the morning, its stillness, its serenity, its odorous opulence, struck upon my senses with a kind of ironic benignancy, as if to say, "Why agonize over so small a thing?"
From A Daughter of the Middle Border by Garland, Hamlin
Carlo, unaware that at that moment he might have been a buried corpse but for the benignancy of Providence in his behalf, was feeling sympathetic towards himself because he was slightly bored.
From The Regent by Bennett, Arnold
