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pacifically

[ puh-sif-ik-lee ]

adverb

  1. peaceably, mildly, calmly, or quietly.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pacifically1

1785–95; obsolete pacifical pacific ( pacific -al 1 ) + -ly,

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Example Sentences

He repeated his conviction of failure of the conference unless Germany's influence were first exercised pacifically at Vienna.

Suppose we compromise,” suggested the president, pacifically, “and say the 25th.

In the case of Ea the transfer proceeds pacifically and without involving the effacement of the older god.

Tom Long was by no means such a pacifically disposed individual as his temporary substitute.

"They're improvin', now that Pliny Waterhouse plays his fiddle," Mrs. Day remarked pacifically.

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