FromMiddle Englishpeesfully,peasfullie,paisfulike,paisfullic, equivalent topeaceful +-ly.
peacefully (comparativemorepeacefully,superlativemostpeacefully)
- In apeaceful manner.
1881,Thomas Hughes,Rugby, Tennessee, Macmillan and Co., page58:She and her husband managed to fix up a false floor in one of their rooms in which they fed the roosters; so whenever a picket came in sight her call would bring the whole family out of the woods and clearing into the refuge, where they remainedpeacefully amongst corn-cobs till the danger had passed.
