benignly

1. 1.

   in a benign manner

   “this drug is benignly soporific”

   Synonymsbenignantly

Questions about benignly

What does benignly mean?

benignly means "in a benign manner".

How many syllables are in benignly?

benignly has 3 syllables: be-nign-ly. The stress falls on "nign". In IPA it is /bəˈnaɪnli/.

What is another word for benignly?

Close synonyms include benignantly. 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 benignly a common word?

benignly 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.