benignly

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   in a benign manner

   this drug is benignly soporific

2. 2
   adv

   In a benign manner.

   When he recovered sufficiently to articulate, Bunson had stalked away, and Quin was regarding him benignly, like an adjutant bird who had just concluded an interesting experiment on a worm.

Etymology

From Middle English benignely; equivalent to benign + -ly.