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benevolently

adverb as in gently

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No, the only chance we have is for news outlets to recognize their awesome reality-creating power and wield it benevolently.

The Professor, passing benevolently on, was glad he had now enough money to carry out his projects.

Charity is usually represented with a babe in her arms—going to place it benevolently upon a rich man's doorstep.

Whatever bit of a wise man's work is honestly and benevolently done, that bit is his book or his piece of art.

The stout clergyman in the immaculate white collar beamed benevolently at the questioner and shook his head with a gentle smile.

Hoyle, as a pup, was treated benevolently by all the others, and entered the fellowship of the other three when he grew up.

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On this page you'll find 148 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to benevolently, such as: affably, affirmatively, amiably, amicably, appropriately, and charmingly.

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

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