adv
Meaning 1
In a peaceful manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
peacefully
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/ˈpiːsfəli/
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adverb
Meaning 2
in a peaceful manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the hen settled herself on the nest most peacefully
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English peesfully, peasfullie, paisfulike, paisfullic, equivalent to peaceful + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: pacíficament — in a peaceful manner
- Czech: mírumilovně — in a peaceful manner
- Finnish: rauhallisesti — in a peaceful manner
- German: friedlich — in a peaceful manner
- Hungarian: békésen — in a peaceful manner
- Italian: pacificamente — in a peaceful manner
- Polish: spokojnie — in a peaceful manner
- Portuguese: pacificamente — in a peaceful manner
- Russian: ми́рно (mírno) — in a peaceful manner
- Spanish: pacíficamente — in a peaceful manner
Real reading context