pacifically

[ puh-sif-ik-lee ]

/ pəˈsɪf ɪk li /

peaceably, mildly, calmly, or quietly.

Origin of pacifically

1785–95; obsolete pacifical pacific (see pacific -al¹) + -ly,

"Some folks got good rickaleckshum an' some folks got bad," he said, pacifically.

Seventeen |Booth Tarkington
Jacques Three pacifically remarked, "He is so much in your mind, see you, madame."

A Tale of Two Cities |Charles Dickens
"I don't believe he'll be able to stay around here very long," said Bessie, pacifically.

The Camp Fire Girls on the Farm |Jane L. Stewart
"I tell you I 'id the pipe back o' barracks," said Jakin pacifically.

Soldiers Three, Part II. |Rudyard Kipling

Poor down-pressed brother mortal; somnambulating so pacifically in Sleepy Hollow yonder, and making no complaint!

History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. X. (of XXI.) |Thomas Carlyle