beneficentlyadv.
In a beneficent manner; with beneficence.
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blithec1000
blithelyc1000
goodfullya1300
blethelyc1300
milthlyc1300
kindlya1375
benignlyc1380
en-gree14..
homelya1425
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obsequiously?1536
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propitiously1600
kindlily1625
well-meaningly1645
obligingly1646
candidly1650
beneficentlya1717
kindly-like1716
good-naturedly1725
benignantly1791
kindheartedly1803
a1717 T. Parnell Q. Anne's Peace (R.) All mortals once beneficently great.
1797 T. Holcroft tr. F. L. Stolberg Trav. (ed. 2) III. lxxx. 246 Airs beneficently tepid.
1852 N. Hawthorne Mirac. Pitcher in Wonder-bk. A spot on which Heaven had smiled so beneficently.
1874 F. W. Farrar Silence & Voices of God ii. 33 Pain comes..to warn us beneficently of our danger.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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adv.a1717- to pass the buck to
- to pass the compliments of the day
- to pass the gantlope
- to pass the ghost
- to pass the lips
- to pass the mark
- to pass the mint
- to pass the mouth
- to pass the muster
- to pass the musters
- to pass the picks
- to pass the pikes
- to pass the press
- to pass the rubicon
- to pass the seals
- to pass the time of day
- to pass the word
- to pass through
- to pass through a phase
- to pass through the eye of a a needle's eye
- to pass through the eye of a needle
- to pass through the mill
- to pass through the pikes
- to pass to account
- to pass to god