benignantly

1. 1.

   in a benign manner

   “this drug is benignly soporific”

   Synonymsbenignly

Questions about benignantly

What does benignantly mean?

benignantly means "in a benign manner".

How many syllables are in benignantly?

benignantly has 4 syllables and divides as be-nig-nant-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for benignantly?

Close synonyms include benignly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is benignantly a common word?

benignantly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.