Antonyms for peacefully

Grammar : Adv

Spell : pees-fuh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpis fəl

Definition of peacefully

Origin : early 14c., "inclined to peace, friendly, pacific," from peace + -ful. Meaning "tranquil, calm, full of peace" is from mid-14c. In reference to nonviolent methods of effecting social change, it is attested from 1876. Related: Peacefully; peacefulness. Peaceful coexistence (1920) originally was in regard to Soviet policy toward the capitalist West.

adv calmly
adv without making trouble

Example sentences :

He married Aldonza at Michaelmas, and all went well and peacefully in the household.
Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge

"I 'ain't got nothin' to tell, dear," answered Dilly, peacefully.
Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

Therese peacefully watched the activity of his movements round about her.
Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola

Let us interrogate the great apparition, that shines so peacefully around us.
Extract from : « Nature » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

It was quiet––oddly, peacefully quiet for a second––in that long room.
Extract from : « Once to Every Man » by Larry Evans

How peacefully the long shadows are sleeping in the garden of the Tuileries!
Extract from : « Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. » by Charles James Lever

He had spent the previous night alone in camp, peacefully sleeping.
Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet

Our cattle were peacefully grazing on the plains a few miles away.
Extract from : « Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail » by Ezra Meeker

She might have lived quietly and peacefully till the end of her days.
Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath

Altogether, she was a very impossible person to live with peacefully.
Extract from : « Mary Wollstonecraft » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell

Synonyms for peacefully

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