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View definitions for benevolently

benevolently

adverb as in gently

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And Trump said he had also benevolently taken into consideration landowners who “don’t love your children so much.”

Perhaps progressives assume that they can racially gerrymander benevolently, without resorting to the crude language heard on the Los Angeles tape — or at least keep such language behind closed doors.

The new lions are looking a tad ferocious rather than benevolently regal.

From BBC

“The more you experienced those seemingly positive but actually benevolently sexist behaviors, the less you believed in yourself,” Ms. King said.

He is benevolently condescending and professorial, inviting us to share his delight in the early American audience's "wonderful" naiveté and truculence.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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