benignantlyadv.
With kindly manner or intent, graciously.
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obsequiously?1536
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good-naturedly1725
benignantly1791
kindheartedly1803
1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1778 II. 240 Dr. Johnson smiled benignantly at this.
1814 R. Southey Roderick xiv Benignantly, With voice and look and gesture, did the Prince..Respond.
1831 T. Carlyle in Fraser's Mag. Mar. 152/2 Friends, who were in life so benignantly united.
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