benignly

Example Sentences

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James Madison felt this separation was so important that the lack of it was “the very definition of tyranny,” even if concentrated powers were exercised benignly.

From New York Times

And indeed, lots of blue sky stretched benignly overhead, hosting the sort of white clouds that serve more as scenery than the harbinger of showers.

From Washington Post

Park land should never be viewed as some kind of holding area, benignly awaiting its highest and best use.

From Seattle Times

In a familiar trope of female friendship, Margot is everything Flora is not: effortlessly stylish, benignly narcissistic, an Italian-American of the “summers in Tuscany” variety as opposed to Flora’s “Sunday sauce, weekly Mass” Bay Ridge-Italian.

From New York Times

The surge in property values from Australia to Sweden is often viewed benignly by governments as creating wealth.

From Reuters