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  • adjective Not benignant.

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un- +‎ benignant

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Examples

  • The remembrance of his countenance, which I am sure wore a light not unbenignant to the friendless — the sound in my ear of his voice, which spoke a nature chivalric to the needy and feeble, as well as the youthful and fair — were a sort of cordial to me long after.

    Villette 2003

  • The remembrance of his countenance, which I am sure wore a light not unbenignant to the friendless -- the sound in my ear of his voice, which spoke a nature chivalric to the needy and feeble, as well as the youthful and fair -- were a sort of cordial to me long after.

    Villette Charlotte Bront�� 1835

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