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.
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Benignly
Synonyms for "benignly" (15 found)
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Adverb(2 words)
Strong matches (5)
Adverb(4 words)
Related words (7)
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5 entriesbenignly described the resultsbenignly framed the policybenignly stated the outcomelooked benignly atsmiled benignly
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Modern doctors nod benignly at some of the remedies and principles in Bald's Leechbook, but none has a good word to say for bloodletting - nor for cautery, the other medieval method of balancing the humours.
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