pacificallyadv.

Brit.

/pəˈsɪfᵻkli/, U.S.

/pəˈsɪfᵻk(ə)li/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pacifical adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < pacifical adj. + -ly suffix²; compare -ally suffix.

In a pacific or peaceful manner; peaceably.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > peace > [adverb]

peaceablya1382

peaceable1391

peacefullya1400

opecec1475

pacifically1761

1761 T. Smollett Sir Launcelot Greaves xviii, in Brit. Mag. Mar. 257/1 It was lucky for Sycamore that the knight of the Crescent happened to be so pacifically disposed.

1797 ‘English Lady’ Resid. in France I. 228 A few dragoons have arranged the business very pacifically.

1835 R. M. Bird Hawks of Hawk-hollow I. vi. 78 They gathered fruit in company, very pacifically I doubt not, except a little scolding at one another.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iv. x. 493 Friedrich Wilhelm's first step, of course, was to remonstrate pacifically.

1902 J. Conrad Heart of Darkness i, in Youth 52 The water shone pacifically.

1946 Liberty 1 June 27/3 ‘He was probably stiff,’ put in Mr. Benjamin pacifically.

2002 Sunday Times (Nexis) 24 Feb. Whitehall's mandarins turned into the most unlikely cold warriors and helped their pacifically inclined masters build a terror apparatus.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pacifically
释义	pacificallyadv. Brit. /pəˈsɪfᵻkli/, U.S. /pəˈsɪfᵻk(ə)li/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pacifical adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < pacifical adj. + -ly suffix²; compare -ally suffix. In a pacific or peaceful manner; peaceably. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > peace > [adverb] peaceablya1382 peaceable1391 peacefullya1400 opecec1475 pacifically1761 1761 T. Smollett Sir Launcelot Greaves xviii, in Brit. Mag. Mar. 257/1 It was lucky for Sycamore that the knight of the Crescent happened to be so pacifically disposed. 1797 ‘English Lady’ Resid. in France I. 228 A few dragoons have arranged the business very pacifically. 1835 R. M. Bird Hawks of Hawk-hollow I. vi. 78 They gathered fruit in company, very pacifically I doubt not, except a little scolding at one another. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iv. x. 493 Friedrich Wilhelm's first step, of course, was to remonstrate pacifically. 1902 J. Conrad Heart of Darkness i, in Youth 52 The water shone pacifically. 1946 Liberty 1 June 27/3 ‘He was probably stiff,’ put in Mr. Benjamin pacifically. 2002 Sunday Times (Nexis) 24 Feb. Whitehall's mandarins turned into the most unlikely cold warriors and helped their pacifically inclined masters build a terror apparatus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1761
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