Reposefully

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a reposeful manner; at rest.

    "It seemed like a track, and she went along it hopefully till a new danger threatened - a snake, coiled reposefully; she was very close before she saw it, for its colour scheme was a tribute to its environment."

Example

More examples

"It seemed like a track, and she went along it hopefully till a new danger threatened - a snake, coiled reposefully; she was very close before she saw it, for its colour scheme was a tribute to its environment."

Etymology

From reposeful + -ly.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.