Plato would smile benignantly on your progress, from the particulars of something sketched in the real world to the transcendence of pure form.

He looked up and, out of priestly habit, smiled benignantly at Milton, his white teeth appearing in the great bush of black beard.

She could think kindly and benignantly of all the world.

"I do, indeed," and Mrs. Tuke smiled upon her visitor most benignantly.

The Rector, at the head of the table, smiled benignantly.