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 →

2) Peacefully means without fighting or violence. tree →

3) (euphemism) «Died peacefully» is a gentle way to say someone died without pain or struggle. tree →

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 →
• Let's solve this peacefully, without shouting. tree →
• The crowd left peacefully. tree →
• (euphemism) Grandad died peacefully in his sleep. tree →
• The ducks floated peacefully on the pond. tree →
• The two teams shook hands peacefully. tree →
• The baby was breathing peacefully. tree →
• They lived peacefully side by side. tree →
• He lay down and slept peacefully. tree →

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.
• When people want something changed, they can protest peacefully, sign a petition, or stop work together in a strike.
• "Slipped away" means died quietly and peacefully.
• Canada became independent step by step and peacefully, not through a revolution.
• To concede is to accept that you lost; it shows supporters the election was fair and lets power pass peacefully to the winner.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «peacefully» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.