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# peacefully

adverb

«peacefully» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Peacefully means in a calm, quiet way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peacefully/#m1)
2. Peacefully means without fighting or violence. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peacefully/#m3)

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

Interpretation: Job notes that the wicked sometimes live in ease and die quietly. The tradition treats this as a hard question about why the wicked can prosper. In the primary 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

- They spend their days in prosperity, and peacefully they go down to the grave. (Writings JOB.21.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/peacefully/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «peacefully» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peacefully/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«peacefully» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/peacefully.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «peacefully» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/peacefully/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«peacefully» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/peacefully.html) on Mova free.