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.
Source: wiktionary
Benignly
Synonyms for "benignly" (8 found)
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Adverb(1 words)
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Related words (4)
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Translations
1 translations across 1 languages.
Middle English
1 entries- benignely adv (in a benign manner)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
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.
Source: wiktionary
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