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benign
in
Inherit the Wind
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- MATTHEW HARRISON BRADY comes on, a benign giant of a man, wearing a pith helmet.†
Scene 1.1
- BRADY sits grandly at another table, fanning himself with benign self-assurance.†
Scene 1.2
- He grasps the podium and stares down at them sternly, BRADY is benign.†
Scene 2.1
- His air is that of a benign and learned mathematician about to be quizzed by a schoolboy on matters of short division.
Scene 2.2 *benign = kindly or harmless
Definitions:
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(1)
(benign) kindly, mild, or harmless
(In medicine, a tumor that is not life-threatening, is called benign.) - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)