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benignly

/bəˈnaɪnli/buh-NYN-lee
/bəˈnaɪnli/buh-NYN-lee

Meaningin a benign way

Common meaning: kindly

Journey through time

  1. Latinbenignus‘kind’source
  2. Old Frenchbenigne‘kind’source
  3. Frenchbenignesource
  4. Englishbenign‘gentle or harmless’
  5. Englishformed in English from benignbenignly‘kindly’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from benign + -ly.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), BENIGN, p.59 · scan

Source words

  • benignus Latin · source word “kind”

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