benignant
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be·nig·nant
(bĭ-nĭg'nənt) 
adj.
adj.
- Favorable; beneficial.
- Kind and gracious.
Roget's Thesaurus:
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benignant
adjective
- Affording benefit: advantageous, benefic, beneficent, beneficial, favorable, good, helpful, profitable, propitious, salutary, toward, useful. See help/harm/harmless.
- Characterized by kindness and concern for others: altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, benign, good, goodhearted, kind, kindhearted, kindly. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, kind/cruel.
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benignant
IN BRIEF: Kind and gracious.
With her benignant manner, she soon won the hearts of the jury.
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