Definition of Peacefully

1. Adverb. In a peaceful manner. "The hen settled herself on the nest most peacefully"

Partainyms: Peaceful

Definition of Peacefully

1. Adverb. in a peaceful manner ¹

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Definition of Peacefully

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peacefully

peace treaties
peace treaty
peaceable
peaceableness
peaceablenesses
peaceably
peacebreaker
peacebreakers
peacebuilding
peaced
peaceful
peaceful coexistence
peacefull
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peacefullest
peacefully (current term)
peacefulness
peacefulnesses
peacekeeper
peacekeepers
peacekeeping
peacekeeping mission
peacekeeping operation
peacekeepings
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peacelessness
peacemakers
peacemaking
peacemakings
peacemonger

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 ..."

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