[f. BENIGN-ANT: see -ANCY.] Benignant quality or manner.
1876. Geo. Eliot, Dan. Der., IV. lxx. 364. M’s eyes … dwelt on the scene with the cherishing benignancy of a spirit.
1881. Blackw. Mag., CXXIX. 186. Abraham regarded him with an expression of imperturbable benignancy.
