benignly

I was a little mystified at how benignly he responded to my questions about his business activities.

Losch opened his mouth to say more, but Beardsley lifted a palm at the screen and smiled benignly.

She surveyed it from an inaccessible height, turning very sweetly and benignly from her bliss.

Miriam benignly gazed—it was the perfection of indirectness.

Mammy continued to smile upon him benignly, and her smile proved as disconcerting as she meant it should.

And Mrs. Morton smiled benignly, as she escaped from his conjugal arms and smoothed her cap.