Synonyms:
peacefully
Meaning: in a peaceful manner; "the hen settled herself on the nest most peacefully"
Usage examples
But in the daytime, she lay peacefully drowsing.
They had read and talked to her a while, and then she had sunk peacefully to sleep.
After this, the brother and sister lived happily and peacefully for the rest of their lives.
But the laughing faces will make you slumber peacefully when the time comes, and give you pleasant dreams, too."
The night wind sighed a soothing lullaby through the spines of the she-oak, and his spirit passed peacefully away with the ebb.
Tomorrow, on the day stated and at the hour stated, the tide will peacefully lift it off, and it will resume its navigating through the seas."
All night Eunice lay peacefully sleeping, and the moon lighted Onawandah's lonely watch, for Reuben was worn out with suspense, and slept beside his sister.
The 'Ecliptic', with her cargo and crew, had completely disappeared, while the signalman, near at hand, slept peacefully, undisturbed by her crashing timbers, or the shouts of the drowning seamen.
From somewhere a saying floated into his head: 'Doing good unto others is the only happiness.' 'By heck, that's true,' he commented aloud, and sat smoking peacefully, his mind aglow with pleasant thoughts.
When evening came, and the poor sister felt tired, she would kneel down and say her prayers, and then lay her delicate head on the fawn's back, which was a soft warm pillow, on which she could sleep peacefully.