benevolent
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There may have been, in those dim days when Lady Ferriby had played her part in the romantic story which all hinted at and none knew, another such as Tony Cornish--gay and debonair, careless, reckless, and yet endowed with the power of making some poor woman happy My dear aunt," replied Cornish, with a levity with which none other ever dared to treat her, "the benevolent are always greedy.
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- adjective Characterized by or suggestive of doing good.
- adjective Of, concerned with, or organized for the benefit of charity.
- Syntax Note Synonyms: benevolent, charitable, eleemosynary, philanthropic
These adjectives mean of, concerned with, providing, or provided by charity: a benevolent fund; a charitable foundation; eleemosynary relief; philanthropic contributions. See Also Synonyms at kind1.
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The daily contributions of the benevolent are here disposed of; what one has, another lacks.
— The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy -
There may have been, in those dim days when Lady Ferriby had played her part in the romantic story which all hinted at and none knew, another such as Tony Cornish--gay and debonair, careless, reckless, and yet endowed with the power of making some poor woman happy My dear aunt," replied Cornish, with a levity with which none other ever dared to treat her, "the benevolent are always greedy.
— Roden's Corner - âwith a soul chearful, benevolent, and virtuous, he was in conversation genteelly delightful; in friendship punctually sincere; in death christianly resigned. — The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland
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"My dear aunt," replied Cornish, with a levity with which none other ever dared to treat her, "the benevolent are always greedy.
— Roden's Corner - Her Heart benevolent, and Soul resign'd; — Fielding
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- Middle English, from Old French, from Latin benevolēns, benevolent- : bene, well; see deu-2 in Indo-European roots + volēns, present participle of velle, to wish; see wel-1 in Indo-European roots.
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/ (bə-nĕvˈə-lənt)/
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