All 6 Uses of
benevolent
in
The Fiend And The Forge
- Rowan's teachers spoke of Bram with such reverence that Max thought of him not as a man, but as an idea whose abstract benevolence was akin to St. Nick or the tooth fairy.†
Chpt 1
- The figure before him did not look benevolent, however.
Chpt 1 *benevolent = kind or generous
- The rock had begun to move and was turning a slow, majestic circle about the lagoon, bending the reeds and lifting its head to peer benevolently at the children who now waded into the shallows, clapping and pleading for a ride upon its gray-brown back.†
Chpt 7 –
- The movement was not lost upon Astaroth, who smiled benevolently at him.†
Chpt 28 –
- While YaYa's appearance was undeniably imposing, Rowan's students had known her only as the gentle black lioness who dozed inside the Warming Lodge and presided over the Sanctuary with grandmotherly benevolence.†
Chpt 28 –
- At the moment, the ki-rin did not appear grandmotherly or benevolent.†
Chpt 28 –
Definition:
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(benevolent) kind, generous, or charitable