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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 benevolently
 (ad.)仁慈地,慷慨地

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Be·nev·o·lent a.  Having a disposition to do good; possessing or manifesting love to mankind, and a desire to promote their prosperity and happiness; disposed to give to good objects; kind; charitable. -- Be*nev*o*lent*ly, adv.
 Syn: -- Benevolent, Beneficent.
 Usage: Etymologically considered, benevolent implies wishing well to others, and beneficent, doing well. But by degrees the word benevolent has been widened to include not only feelings, but actions; thus, we speak of benevolent operations, benevolent labors for the public good, benevolent societies. In like manner, beneficent is now often applied to feelings; thus, we speak of the beneficent intentions of a donor. This extension of the terms enables us to mark nicer shades of meaning. Thus, the phrase benevolent labors” turns attention to the source of these labors, viz., benevolent feeling; while beneficent would simply mark them as productive of good. So, beneficent intentions” point to the feelings of the donor as bent upon some specific good act; while benevolent intentions” would only denote a general wish and design to do good.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 benevolently
      adv : in a benevolent manner; "she looked on benevolently" [ant: malevolently]