Peaceably

adv

adv ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a peaceable manner.

    "For, if (ſaid he) you throw among five Yahoos as much Food as would be ſufficient for fifty, they will, inſtead of eating peaceably, fall together by the ears, each ſingle one impatient to have all to itſelf; […]"

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a peaceable manner wordnet

Synonyms

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gentlyhappilymeeklymildlypacificallypacifically

Example

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"Arising in the morning, they swore one to another: and Isaac sent them away peaceably to their own home."

Etymology

From Middle English pesibly; equivalent to peaceable + -ly.

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