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单词 benignity
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Definition of benignity in English:

benignity

noun bɪˈnɪɡnɪtibəˈnɪɡnədi
mass noun
  • 1Kindness or tolerance toward others.

    his air of benignity
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Such men have some rights it is true, such as the law in its benignity accords them, but not the rights of freemen.
    • Henry never interfered with anyone's judgment, and indeed had an air of benignity when he made points in the form of suggestions.
    • So, did it take a row over a ban on journalists to enable him to penetrate the secret that the regime is not a model of benignity?
    • He was bountiful to the poor and like a father to widows, and with benignity guided his people ever to righteousness, and controlled the violent, and lived happily in the true faith.
    • A calcified central nidus, a laminated pattern, diffuse calcifications or a ‘popcorn’ pattern all suggest benignity.
    • She presides over her uptown domain with benignity, unpredictable wit, two-fisted pugnaciousness, and a remarkable insight into the human condition.
    • It is the state of tranquility, benignity and without comparison.
    • Despite their histologic benignity, sinonasal papillomas have a small but definite potential for malignant transformation.
    • He was by all accounts a saintly man, and his own benignity surely informed his understanding of film and what he saw as its realist mission.
    • There was a wonderful air of benignity and patronage in his manner.
    • The lawyer's overall benignity towards him is emphasized by contrast with his behavior.
    • "He did not convey an air of benignity," one historian of the University has said; "in fact, he gave the impression of toughness."
    • You trust that your motivation was based with benignity and not coupled with conceit.
    • And if, in the depiction of our trade, perceptions of our benignity and those of our power have been locked in a dispiritingly inverse relationship, what, if anything, can be done?
    • It is better than a deluded belief in a non-existent benignity amongst our global neighbors.
    • Plodding of that type seldom facilitates benignity, genial tolerance towards opponents, or leisurely musings on the joys of artistic creation.
    1. 1.1archaic count noun An act of kindness.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French benignite or Latin benignitas, from benignus (see benign).

Rhymes

dignity, malignity
 
 

Definition of benignity in US English:

benignity

nounbəˈniɡnədēbəˈnɪɡnədi
  • 1Kindness or tolerance toward others.

    his air of benignity
    Example sentencesExamples
    • So, did it take a row over a ban on journalists to enable him to penetrate the secret that the regime is not a model of benignity?
    • Henry never interfered with anyone's judgment, and indeed had an air of benignity when he made points in the form of suggestions.
    • A calcified central nidus, a laminated pattern, diffuse calcifications or a ‘popcorn’ pattern all suggest benignity.
    • The lawyer's overall benignity towards him is emphasized by contrast with his behavior.
    • He was bountiful to the poor and like a father to widows, and with benignity guided his people ever to righteousness, and controlled the violent, and lived happily in the true faith.
    • There was a wonderful air of benignity and patronage in his manner.
    • "He did not convey an air of benignity," one historian of the University has said; "in fact, he gave the impression of toughness."
    • Despite their histologic benignity, sinonasal papillomas have a small but definite potential for malignant transformation.
    • It is better than a deluded belief in a non-existent benignity amongst our global neighbors.
    • Such men have some rights it is true, such as the law in its benignity accords them, but not the rights of freemen.
    • And if, in the depiction of our trade, perceptions of our benignity and those of our power have been locked in a dispiritingly inverse relationship, what, if anything, can be done?
    • It is the state of tranquility, benignity and without comparison.
    • You trust that your motivation was based with benignity and not coupled with conceit.
    • She presides over her uptown domain with benignity, unpredictable wit, two-fisted pugnaciousness, and a remarkable insight into the human condition.
    • He was by all accounts a saintly man, and his own benignity surely informed his understanding of film and what he saw as its realist mission.
    • Plodding of that type seldom facilitates benignity, genial tolerance towards opponents, or leisurely musings on the joys of artistic creation.
    1. 1.1archaic An act of kindness.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French benignite or Latin benignitas, from benignus (see benign).

 
 
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