contentedlyadv.
/kənˈtɛntɪdli/ In a contented manner; with contentment.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [adverb]
contentedly1556
comfortably1563
satisfiedly1593
contentlya1625
unrepiningly1626
complacentially1671
contentfully1685
1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie vii. 77 I shall..Into your handes, yeelde me contentedlie.
c1665 L. Hutchinson Mem. Col. Hutchinson (1973) To Children 12 He could contentedly be without things beyond his reach.
1758 S. Hayward Seventeen Serm. i. 1 Contentedly ignorant of these most momentous concerns.
1871 J. Ruskin Munera Pulveris (1880) 20 These principles the Professor goes on contentedly to investigate.
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