Peacefully

//ˈpiːsfəli// adv

adv ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 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 passed."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a peaceful manner wordnet

Synonyms

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calmlyplacidlyrestfullyamicablycomfortablycommodiously

Example

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"Martin Luther King, Jr. persuaded the black citizens to protest peacefully."

Etymology

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

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