peacefully

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/ˈpiːsfəli/

adverb

In a peaceful manner.

Less commonScrabble 20

Meanings

adverbpeacefully (comparative more peacefully, superlative most peacefully)

comparative more peacefully · superlative most peacefully

  1. In a peaceful manner.
    1 more example

    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 passed.

    1881, Thomas Hughes, Rugby, Tennessee, Macmillan and Co., page 58

Origin

  1. Middle Englishpeesfully
  2. Englishpeacefully

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

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Translations

Catalan pacíficament
  • pacíficamentin a peaceful manner
Czech mírumilovně
  • mírumilovněin a peaceful manner
Esperanto pace
  • pacein a peaceful manner
Finnish rauhallisesti
  • rauhallisestiin a peaceful manner
German friedlich
  • friedlichin a peaceful manner
Hungarian békésen
  • békésenin a peaceful manner
Italian pacificamente
  • pacificamentein a peaceful manner
Polish spokojnie
  • spokojniein a peaceful manner
Portuguese pacificamente
  • pacificamentein a peaceful manner
Russian ми́рно
  • ми́рно (mírno)in a peaceful manner
Spanish pacíficamente
  • pacíficamentein a peaceful manner
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “peacefully,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peacefully.

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