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beˈneficently, adv. [f. beneficent a. + -ly2.] In a beneficent manner; with beneficence.
a1717Parnell Q. Anne's Peace (R.) All mortals once beneficently great. 1797Holcroft Stolberg's Trav. III. lxxx. (ed. 2) 246 Airs beneficently tepid. 1852Hawthorne Wonder-bk., Mirac. Pitcher, A spot on which Heaven had smiled so beneficently. 1875Farrar Silence & V. ii. 33 Pain comes..to warn us beneficently of our danger. |