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English
Etymology
From Middle English peesfully, peasfullie, paisfulike, paisfullic, equivalent to peaceful + -ly.
Pronunciation
Adverb
peacefully (comparative more peacefully, superlative most peacefully)
- In a peaceful manner.
1881, Thomas Hughes, Rugby, Tennessee, Macmillan and Co., page 58: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.
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