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# peacefully

«peacefully» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a calm, quiet way** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) Peacefully means in a calm, quiet way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peacefully/#m1)

2) Peacefully means without fighting or violence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peacefully/#m2)

3) (euphemism) «Died peacefully» is a gentle way to say someone died without pain or struggle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peacefully/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it describes sleeping and calm scenes. In citizenship: solving arguments peacefully. In death notices and family talk «passed away peacefully» softens sad news.

### examples

- The cat slept peacefully on the sofa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peacefully/#x1)
- Let's solve this peacefully, without shouting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peacefully/#x2)
- The crowd left peacefully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peacefully/#x3)
- (euphemism) Grandad died peacefully in his sleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peacefully/#x4)
- The ducks floated peacefully on the pond. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peacefully/#x5)
- The two teams shook hands peacefully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peacefully/#x6)
- The baby was breathing peacefully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peacefully/#x7)
- They lived peacefully side by side. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peacefully/#x8)
- He lay down and slept peacefully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peacefully/#x9)

### note

Adverb from «peaceful» + -ly: double l, peacefully. The euphemism use is soft and polite for sad news.

### In the corpora

- [A picket line is striking workers standing outside their workplace with signs, peacefully asking others not to go in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/4-when-work-goes-wrong/14/)
- [When people want something changed, they can protest peacefully, sign a petition, or stop work together in a strike.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/4/)
- ["Slipped away" means died quietly and peacefully.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/2-death-official-and-slang/13/)
- [Canada became independent step by step and peacefully, not through a revolution.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/39-canada-a-short-story/11/)
- [To concede is to accept that you lost; it shows supporters the election was fair and lets power pass peacefully to the winner.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/2-elections-and-voting-ballots-counting-and-winning/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «peacefully» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peacefully/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.