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副詞

benignantly (comparative more benignantly, superlative most benignantly)

1. In a benignant manner.
   • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. VIII, The Election

     The Dominus Rex, benignantly receiving our Thirteen with their obeisance, and graciously declaring that he will strive to act for God’s honour, and the Church’s good, commands […]

   • 2020, Ben Williams, The U.S. Supreme Court and sexual orientation, in: The Mississippi Business Journal, July 10 2020

     Kavanaugh benignantly suggests the majority has “succumbed to ‘the natural desire that beguiles judges along with other human beings into imposing their own views of goodness, truth, and justice upon others.’”