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Middle English peesfully

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Middle English · inherited frompeesfully
English todaypeacefully

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.