benignantly
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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
"I do, indeed," and Mrs. Tuke smiled upon her visitor most benignantly.
From A Gamble with Life by Silas K. (Silas Kitto) Hocking
She turned, her back to the blaze, and looked upon her guests benignantly.
From The Siege of the Seven Suitors by Meredith Nicholson
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