Meanings
comparative more peacefully · superlative most peacefully
- 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
- Middle Englishpeesfully
- Englishpeacefully
From Middle English peesfully, peasfullie, paisfulike, paisfullic, equivalent to peaceful + -ly.
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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
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