All 4 Uses of
benevolent
in
Little Women
- Hold me up, Jo, for upon my life it's one too many for me," returned Laurie, regarding the infants with the air of a big, benevolent Newfoundland looking at a pair of infantile kittens.†
Chpt 2.28
- Jo often watched him, trying to discover the charm, and at last decided that it was benevolence which worked the miracle.
Chpt 2.34 *benevolence = kindness and goodwill
- His very boots were benevolent, and his collars never stiff and raspy like other people's.†
Chpt 2.34
- But her faith in the good spot which exists in the heart of the naughtiest, sauciest, most tantalizing little ragamuffin gave her patience, skill, and in time success, for no mortal boy could hold out long with Father Bhaer shining on him as benevolently as the sun, and Mother Bhaer forgiving him seventy times seven.†
Chpt 2.47
Definition:
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(benevolent) kind, generous, or charitable