peacefully

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   in a peaceful manner

   the hen settled herself on the nest most peacefully

2. 2
   adv

   In a peaceful manner.

   She and her husband managed to fix up a false floor in one of their rooms in which they fed the roosters; so whenever a picket came in sight her call would bring the whole family out of the woods and clearing into the refuge, where they remained peacefully amongst corn-cobs till the danger had passed.

Etymology

From Middle English peesfully, peasfullie, paisfulike, paisfullic, equivalent to peaceful + -ly.