benignant
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For in one of the mission chambers a venerable, white-haired invalid, with wrinkled, bespectacled eyes and a broad, benignant face, lay on what seemed likely to be his death bed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Horace Mann, contending that education could become "the most effective and benignant of all the forces of civilization," vastly strengthened the Massachusetts system of free public schools for the poor as well as the rich.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had "a benignant smile" and was popular with his people.
From Time Magazine Archive
Boss McCooey takes a benignant interest in schools, got his sister Margaret on the Board of Superintendents.
From Time Magazine Archive
No notice was taken of Amy’s flight, except by her mates, but the sharp-eyed demoiselles discovered that Mr. Davis was quite benignant in the afternoon, also unusually nervous.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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