All 3 Uses
benign
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
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- The benign forehead of the quaker librarian enkindled rosily with hope.†
Chpt 9
- Father Conmee greeted them more than once benignly.†
Chpt 10 *
- Mild, benign, rectorial, reproving, the head of Don John Conmee rises from the pianola coffin.†
Chpt 15
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)