benignantly

Plato would smile benignantly on your progress, from the particulars of something sketched in the real world to the transcendence of pure form.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 1, 2015

In Ms. Tushnet’s time, as in mine — I was four years ahead of her at Yale — the Party of the Right had a benignantly cultish quality.

From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2010

He looked up and, out of priestly habit, smiled benignantly at Milton, his white teeth appearing in the great bush of black beard.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Ometcuctli and Omecihuatl, a god and goddess presided over new born children, and, reigning in Paradise, benignantly granted the wishes of mortals.

From Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California by Brantz Mayer

In she rushed, and the young ladies laughed and cried, kissed and talked tumultuously, while their idol benignantly looked on, vainly endeavoring to repress all vestiges of unmanly emotion.

From Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story by Louisa May Alcott