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beneficently
adverb
formaluk /bɪˈnef.ɪ.sənt.li/ us /bəˈnef.ɪ.sənt.li/
in a way that is good to someone or helps them, or that shows someone is like this:
The church's food pantry was beneficently managed by a number of volunteers from the congregation.
The uncle smiled beneficently upon his niece and nephew as they each opened their gifts.
The judge listened beneficently to the defendant's statement and decided to hand down a light sentence.
The owner of the factory beneficently decided to give each of her employees a surprise holiday bonus.
Over the mantel hung a large portrait of the family patriarch that gazed beneficently down upon us.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Generous & charitable
altruistic
altruistically
anti-materialism
anti-materialist
beneficence
generosity
generous
generously
giver
handout
munificence
munificent
munificently
open-handed
open-handedly
super-sweet
unsparing
unsparingly
unstinted
unstinting
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