Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a peaceful manner; without war or commotion; without agitation or disturbance of any kind; tranquilly; calmly; quietly.
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- adverb in a
peaceful manner
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- adverb in a peaceful manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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President Hayes served out his term peacefully and handed over the executive power, not only to a Republican successor, but to a member of the majority of the Electoral Commission.
Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 George Frisbie Hoar 1865
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As a club we are devoted to that great Commonwealth of Nations which was evolved so steadily and peacefully from the older British Empire and Commonwealth.
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[Page 37] again peacefully after this parting – and I thought the Buddha would pity and grant my prayer.
Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan b. 974? Murasaki Shikibu Izumi Shikibu 1920
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The moonlight shone in peacefully, and Daisy, lying there and growing gradually calmer, began to wonder in herself that there should be so much difficulty made about anybody's doing right.
Melbourne House 1907
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The Rabbi’s position of refusing to talk, or provide space for people to talk peacefully, is immoral and dangerous.
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Harvey Keitel also scores as a cop who thinks he understands them and tries to bring the fugitives in peacefully.
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Fearing a lethal shootout his Troubleshooter friends search for Murphy to persuade him to come in peacefully.
Into the Fire-Suzanne Brockmann « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2008
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The Czechs and Slovaks were able to separate peacefully, which is incredible.
McCain Again Refers To Czechoslovakia, A Non-Existent Country 2009
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What they did with that freedom, by the millions, was to call peacefully for China's government to institutionalize those rights.
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What they did with that freedom, by the millions, was call peacefully for China's government to institutionalize those rights.
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