wohlwollender meaning and definition in german
Adjective
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- comparative degree of wohlwollend
Example
Braune Augen mit wohlwollendem, klarem Blick und fein gezeichnete Wimpern, welche sie umgaben, hoben die schneeige Weiße ihrer Stirn noch besonders hervor.Seen now, in broad daylight, she looked tall, fair, and shapely; brown eyes with a benignant light in their irids, and a fine pencilling of long lashes round, relieved the whiteness of her large front; on each of her temples her hair, of a very dark brown, was clustered in round curls, according to the fashion of those times, when neither smooth bands nor long ringlets were in vogue; her dress, also in the mode of the day, was of purple cloth, relieved by a sort of Spanish trimming of black velvet; a gold watch ( watches were not so common then as now ) shone at her girdle.OP21892
Mehrere wohlhabende und wohlwollende Leute in der Gegend zeichneten große Summen für den Aufbau eines passenderen Gebäudes in einer besseren Lage; neue Statuten wurden aufgestellt.Several wealthy and benevolent individuals in the county subscribed largely for the erection of a more convenient building in a better situation; new regulations were made; improvements in diet and clothing introduced; the funds of the school were intrusted to the management of a committee.OP40857
In deinem Benehmen lag etwas eigentümlich Zauderndes; du blicktest mich mit leiser Unruhe an ein zeitweiliger Zweifel: du wußtest ja nicht, welche Kaprice mich wiederum treiben mochte ob ich wiederum den Herrn spielen und strenge und hart sein oder den Freund herauskehren und wohlwollend sein würde.I used to enjoy a chance meeting with you, Jane, at this time: there was a curious hesitation in your manner: you glanced at me with a slight trouble--a hovering doubt: you did not know what my caprice might be--whether I was going to play the master and be stern, or the friend and be benignant.OP169067
Die Natur schien mir gut und wohlwollend; ich glaubte, daß sie mich arme Ausgestoßene liebe.Nature seemed to me benign and good; I thought she loved me, outcast as I was; and I, who from man could anticipate only mistrust, rejection, insult, clung to her with filial fondness.OP174190
Wronski selbst war von derselben Art und hielt das für eine sehr wertvolle Eigenschaft; aber im Verkehr mit dem Prinzen war er der Tieferstehende, und dieses halb geringschätzige, halb wohlwollende Benehmen ihm gegenüber versetzte ihn in Empörung.Vronsky was the same, and considered it very meritorious to be so, but in his relations with the Prince he was the inferior and felt indignant with that condescendingly good-natured treatment.OP764588