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Definition: Benignantly |
BenignantlyAdverb1. In a benign manner; "this drug is benignly soporific". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "benignantly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references) |
Synonym: BenignantlySynonym: benignly (adv). (additional references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | The Professor smiled benignantly. |
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| Language | Translations for "benignantly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
German | freundliche (affably, friendly). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | enignantlybay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-g-i-l-n-n-n-t-y" | |
-2 letters: benignant. | |
-3 letters: bantling, belaying, benignly, binately, bleating, enabling, gantline, innately, latening, tangible, tangibly, yeanling. | |
-4 letters: aneling, anteing, antigen, atingle, banning, banteng, beaning, beating, belting, belying, eanling, elating, gelatin, genital, gentian, inanely, leaning, tabling, tanning, tenably, yealing, yeaning, yenning. | |
-5 letters: abying, aiglet, albeit, albite, anting, bailey, baling, bangle, baning, bannet, bating, baying, benign, binate, blenny. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 65 6E 69 67 6E 61 6E 74 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... . -. .. --. -. .- -. - .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100101 01101110 01101001 01100111 01101110 01100001 01101110 01110100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B e n i g n a n t l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0065 006E 0069 0067 006E 0061 006E 0074 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3671807573806780867891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Quotations: Fiction 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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