benignantly

Example Sentences

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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

He leaned back and nodded at Wheaton benignantly.

From The Main Chance by Nicholson, Meredith

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 Alcott, Louisa May