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Definition
kindly, mild, or harmless
- Calrnly he struck a wooden match and sucked noisily at his pipe with an eloquent air of benign and magnanimous forgiveness.Chapter 15 — Piltchard & Wren (95% in)
- General Peckem laughed benignly.Chapter 29 — Peckem (40% in)
- Milo responded to his request with a benign smile.Chapter 39 — The Eternal City (27% in)
There are no more uses of "benign" in Catch-22.
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