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- adjective Not
benignant .
Etymologies
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un- + benignant
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Examples
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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
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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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