beˈneficently, adv.
[f. beneficent a. + -ly2.]
In a beneficent manner; with beneficence.
| a 1717 Parnell Q. Anne's Peace (R.) All mortals once beneficently great. 1797 Holcroft Stolberg's Trav. III. lxxx. (ed. 2) 246 Airs beneficently tepid. 1852 Hawthorne Wonder-bk., Mirac. Pitcher, A spot on which Heaven had smiled so beneficently. 1875 Farrar Silence & V. ii. 33 Pain comes..to warn us beneficently of our danger. |