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PEACEFULLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a peaceful manner

Example:

the hen settled herself on the nest most peacefully

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

peaceful (not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war)

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 Context examples: 

In the yellow shimmer of the autumn sunshine it lay as peacefully and as still as he had oft pictured it to himself in his dreams.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In truth, hardy as the man was, his neck had been assuredly broken had he not pitched head first on the very midriff of the drunken artist, who was slumbering so peacefully in the corner, all unaware of these stirring doings.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)