Benignly
adv
adv ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a benign manner.
"When he recovered sufficiently to articulate, Bunson had stalked away, and Quin was regarding him benignly, like an adjutant bird who had just concluded an interesting experiment on a worm."
Adverb
- 1 in a benign manner wordnet
Example
More examples"When he recovered sufficiently to articulate, Bunson had stalked away, and Quin was regarding him benignly, like an adjutant bird who had just concluded an interesting experiment on a worm."
Etymology
From Middle English benignely; equivalent to benign + -ly.
More for "benignly"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.