Definition of "beneficently" [be•nef•i•cent•ly]

• In a beneficent manner (adverb)

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• "Early Jewish Reconstructionist leaders, who considered themselves fervent Zionists, had it right in 1950 when they argued in an editorial: "The establishment of the State of Israel has not--and this needs to be emphasized--changed the nature of Jewish peoplehood; it has only afforded an improved opportunity for enabling Jewish peoplehood to function beneficently in the life of every Jew.""
• "His beard was long and white, and he smiled beneficently at the students shouting all around him."
• "The Kaplan, a kindly, scholarly man smiled beneficently and asked, “What was the question again young man?”"