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View definitions for benignant

benignant

adjective as in benevolent

adjective as in beneficial

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Example Sentences

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.

The benignant influence crept like gas through the Row.

General Peckem roused himself after a moment with an unctuous and benignant smile.

“The fame of Washington stands apart from every other in history,” Irving pronounced, “shining with a truer luster and a more benignant glory.”

From Salon

As most benignant benefactor ranks The man who saves our own sweet countryside— At once our chiefest glory and our pride— From all the many nauseating ills Which come out of advertisements of pills!

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

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