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Definition of Peacefully
1. Adverb. In a peaceful manner. "The hen settled herself on the nest most peacefully"
Definition of Peacefully
1. Adverb. in a peaceful manner ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Peacefully
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peacefully
Literary usage of Peacefully
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"But the supremacy thus conferred on this government could not peacefully be
maintained, unless it was clothed with judicial power, equally paramount in ..."
2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"Its vast geographical extent, augmented by magnificent accessions of conterminous
territory peacefully made ; its population far more rapidly increasing ..."