peacefully

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peacefully

  • /ˈpiːsfəli/

Where it comes from

From Middle English peesfully, peasfullie, paisfulike, paisfullic, equivalent to peaceful + -ly.

adverb more peacefully · most peacefully

  1. In a peaceful manner. She and her husband managed to fix up a false floor in one of their rooms in which they fed the roosters; so whenever a picket came in sight her call would bring the whole family out of the woods and clearing into the refuge, where they remained peacefully amongst corn-cobs till the danger had passe

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: peaceably, calmly, pacific, calm, peace, quietly, quiet, safely, soundly, amicably, happily, pacifique, placidly, tranquilly, serenely, restfully

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adv in a peaceful manner

Españolpacíficamente
Portuguêspacificamente
Deutschfriedlich
Italianopacificamente
Русскийми́рно mírno

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@misc{peacefully_2026,
  title = {peacefully},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/peacefully},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}