Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a beneficent manner.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a beneficent manner; with beneficence.

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  • adverb In a beneficent manner

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Examples

  • Early Jewish Reconstructionist leaders, who considered themselves fervent Zionists, had it right in 1950 when they argued in an editorial: "The establishment of the State of Israel has not--and this needs to be emphasized--changed the nature of Jewish peoplehood; it has only afforded an improved opportunity for enabling Jewish peoplehood to function beneficently in the life of every Jew."

    Rabbi Dan Ehrenkrantz: Jewish Unity And The State Of Israel Rabbi Dan Ehrenkrantz 2011

  • His beard was long and white, and he smiled beneficently at the students shouting all around him.

    The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011

  • Early Jewish Reconstructionist leaders, who considered themselves fervent Zionists, had it right in 1950 when they argued in an editorial: "The establishment of the State of Israel has not--and this needs to be emphasized--changed the nature of Jewish peoplehood; it has only afforded an improved opportunity for enabling Jewish peoplehood to function beneficently in the life of every Jew."

    Rabbi Dan Ehrenkrantz: Jewish Unity And The State Of Israel Rabbi Dan Ehrenkrantz 2011

  • The Kaplan, a kindly, scholarly man smiled beneficently and asked, “What was the question again young man?”

    365 tomorrows » 2010 » March : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010

  • His beard was long and white, and he smiled beneficently at the students shouting all around him.

    The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011

  • Early Jewish Reconstructionist leaders, who considered themselves fervent Zionists, had it right in 1950 when they argued in an editorial: "The establishment of the State of Israel has not--and this needs to be emphasized--changed the nature of Jewish peoplehood; it has only afforded an improved opportunity for enabling Jewish peoplehood to function beneficently in the life of every Jew."

    Rabbi Dan Ehrenkrantz: Jewish Unity And The State Of Israel Rabbi Dan Ehrenkrantz 2011

  • Early Jewish Reconstructionist leaders, who considered themselves fervent Zionists, had it right in 1950 when they argued in an editorial: "The establishment of the State of Israel has not--and this needs to be emphasized--changed the nature of Jewish peoplehood; it has only afforded an improved opportunity for enabling Jewish peoplehood to function beneficently in the life of every Jew."

    Rabbi Dan Ehrenkrantz: Jewish Unity And The State Of Israel Rabbi Dan Ehrenkrantz 2011

  • The Kaplan, a kindly, scholarly man smiled beneficently and asked, “What was the question again young man?”

    365 tomorrows » Roi R. Czechvala : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010

  • His face glowed beneficently in the eldritch autumn light eking through the window that overlooked the park.

    The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010

  • His face glowed beneficently in the eldritch autumn light eking through the window that overlooked the park.

    The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010

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