单词 | peacefully |
释义 | peacefully, adv.|ˈpiːsfʊlɪ| [f. prec. + -ly2.] In a peaceful manner. a. So as to make for peace; with friendly behaviour, amicably, peaceably. b. In peace, tranquilly, quietly.
a1300E.E. Psalter xxxiv. [xxxv.] 20 Summe.. Paisfulike þat spekes. 1411Rolls of Parlt. III. 650/2, I am a Justice that..scholde have had me more discretly and peesfully. 1665Dryden Ind. Emp. ii. i, Our lov'd earth, where peacefully we slept. 1864M. E. Braddon H. Dunbar xix, An old man who ended a good and prosperous life peacefully. 1904Minutes of Evid. R. Comm. Trade Disputes 262/1 in Parl. Papers 1906 (Cd. 2826) LVI. 137, I have never seen picketing conducted peacefully yet. 1920Act 10 & 11 Geo. V c. 55 §2 (1) No such regulation shall make it an offence for any person or persons..peacefully to persuade any other person or persons to take part in a strike. 1935E. Weekley Something about Words i. 25 Unfortunately, ‘refined’ American is also penetrating peacefully, and I confidently expect that the English undertaker will soon describe himself as a mortician. 1961Nation (N.Y.) 11 Nov. 371/3 Khrushchev..would like, above all, the Berlin and German problems to be settled peacefully. |

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