Used in a Sentence

peacefully

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for peacefully.

Editorial note

Let's say that somehow all the competing scientests and skeptics, religious and opinion leaders magically and peacefully agree: the signal is from an inteligent life form.

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Quick take

In a peaceful manner.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of peacefully gathered in one view.

adverb

In a peaceful manner.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for peacefully.

adverb

In a peaceful manner.

Example sentences

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Let's say that somehow all the competing scientests and skeptics, religious and opinion leaders magically and peacefully agree: the signal is from an inteligent life form.

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That is, police behavior escalates individual situations into shootings which otherwise, with better training, could have ended peacefully.

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Let's say that somehow all the competing scientests and skeptics, religious and opinion leaders magically and peacefully agree..

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Prior to this Indira Gandhi toured the world asking every major power for help to resolve the situation peacefully.

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In countries where assisted suicide is legal people just swallow a pill and go peacefully to sleep.

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It was eight years ago; maybe he's learned how to accept correction more peacefully since then.

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These institutions can go peacefully and with dignity or they can be stubborn and destructive, to the detriment of humans everywhere.

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Greece just managed to organise a democratic referendum peacefully and efficiently - within a week.

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The difference is that you see fit to declare holy war over very trivial micro-offences, while the religious factions after the enlightenment managed to interact peacefully despite profound disagreement with each other.

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People who had been living side-by-side peacefully for decades decided to rehash hundreds of years of historical conflicts which to outsiders looked insane.

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Also, Japan has a more or less functioning democracy capable of letting its people changing those in power peacefully, while China does not.

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In a counterfactual reality, Europe would probably have united more quickly and peacefully.

Quote examples

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There's a quite a bit more human energy going into war and destruction right now than into "peacefully collaborating among mankind to discover and explore planets."

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use peacefully in a sentence?

Let's say that somehow all the competing scientests and skeptics, religious and opinion leaders magically and peacefully agree: the signal is from an inteligent life form.

What does peacefully mean?

In a peaceful manner.

What part of speech is peacefully?

peacefully is commonly used as adverb.