| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. In a beneficent manner; with beneficence.[Websters]
2. In a benignant, humane, merciful, sympathetic or beautiful manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In a gracious or compassionate manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. In a helpful, willing or advantageous manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. In a benign, avuncular, propitious or lenient manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. In a bounteous or unselfish manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. In a mild or forgiving manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. In a liberal, indulgent or broad-minded manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. In a philanthropic or humanitarian manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Infrequently used adverbial inflection of the adjective beneficent.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Form (beneficent) | 1. Doing or producing good; "the most beneficent regime in history".[Wordnet]. 2. Generous in assistance to the poor.[Wordnet]. 3. Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and charity; characterized by beneficence.[Websters]. 4. Being benign, benignant, gentle or mild.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being good, nice, sympathetic, fine or complaisant.[Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being philanthropic or eleemosynary.[Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being friendly or amicable.[Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being gracious or merciful.[Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Being bountiful, bounteous or munificent.[Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Adjective base of the adverb beneficently.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "BENEFICENTLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1485. (references) |
Specialty Definition: BENEFICENTLY
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adverb] In a beneficent manner.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Adverb] In a beneficent manner. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
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| Beneficent Congregational Church | 7 | Beneficent Congregational Church | 7 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
