benignantly

Example Sentences

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Plato would smile benignantly on your progress, from the particulars of something sketched in the real world to the transcendence of pure form.

From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2015

In Ms. Tushnet’s time, as in mine — I was four years ahead of her at Yale — the Party of the Right had a benignantly cultish quality.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2010

He looked up and, out of priestly habit, smiled benignantly at Milton, his white teeth appearing in the great bush of black beard.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

My sisters had swooned at the feet of Jesus, who was smiling benignantly upon me.

From In Both Worlds by Holcombe, William Henry

Maximilian answered benignantly that he would do all that he was able, and that the city should not be injured; with regard to the other points, he had no full powers.

From Gabriel A Story of the Jews in Prague by Kohn, Spiegfried