Definition of "benignantly" [benignantly]

• In a benignant manner. (adverb)

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• "The first clause of the instructions is to the effect, that the Indians of the islands are to be brought into peace and quietude, being reduced into subjection "benignantly;" and also, as the principal end of the conquest, that they be converted to the sacred Catholic Faith, and have the holy"
• "He looked at them sweetly and benignantly, and it seemed to them that they received a message from his tremendous certitude of soul."
• "And Malemute Kid smiled benignantly through the clouds of steam."