Meanings
comparative more beneficially · superlative most beneficially
- In a beneficial manner
[I]n that some form of duty and sacrifice (here, participation in the 1848 Revolution and a recognition of his lordly duty) is not only beneficially character-forming but also leads ultimately to a condition which is 'sublime'.
2006, Steve Wharton, Screening Reality, page 1041 more example
He would skip pleasantly but beneficially through Royce, then pick up whatever ideas he might find in all these other philosophers he had heard mentioned: James and Kant and Bergson and who was that fellow with the funny name—Spinoza?
1927, Sinclair Lewis, Elmer Gantry, Chapter 20
Origin
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