Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In a pacific manner; peaceably; peacefully.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- adv. in a peaceable manner
Examples
“I have told these people: try blocking Pennsylvania Avenue with trash to protest "pacifically" against the US government.”
Elio Cequea's message to Obama: Do you see my point, Mr. President?
“How "pacifically" the labor movement that originated in France in 1848, and spread throughout Europe, was likely to proceed, we may judge by its constant outbreaks kindred to the recent bomb-throwing in Paris.”
“She used to say it all the time, even extending the word into 'pacifically' when she meant 'specifically'.”
“Good to see "pacifically" featuring heavily here too.”
“I have told these people: try blocking Pennsylvania Av. with trash to protest "pacifically" against the US government.”
“Venezuela is a place where "pacifically" blocking a highway to protest against the government is considered a right protected by the Constitution.”
“At home I am embroiled in at least eight different email arguments with friends who saw thesketch in last week's episode of That Mitchell And Webb Look, in which a man shot his colleagues forpronouncing "specifically" "pacifically"'and so on, and have remained overexcited ever since.”
“Well, let us not fall into a dispute over him," said Lady Hester pacifically.”
“It is surprising to see how Venezuela's popular dictatorship has been installed democratically and pacifically in Venezuela.”
YES, Mrs Clinton, there is indeed a dictatorship in Venezuela. That's true!
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pacifically’.
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Adverbia
A long list of adverbs, beginning with full-drive. Someone had to list them. This list in continued in the list More Adverbia.
Read some sniping and some informative commentary about a...full-drive, portentously, unlawfully, legally, heterogeneously, consumingly, clancularly, inconsolably, prepositionally, retrogressively, symptomatically, decrepitly and 2460 more...
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Heart of Darkness
My word list from Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness."
pacifically, trireme, concertina, sententiously, alienist, rapacious, lugubrious, moribund, prevaricator, sepulchral, assegai, declivity and 9 more...
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words or phrases heard on kath 'n' kim
pussy's bow, foxymoron, pacifically, mind your beeswax, up since the crac..., hornbag, hunk o' spunk, huffy puffy, gets up my goat
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Heart of Darkness
Words from Conrad's "Heart of Darkness"
sprit, estuary, aft, mizzenmast, ascetic, pacifically, diaphonous, diaphanous
Tweets
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garyth123 in kath'n'kim a confusion with specifically
Sharon might ask "How do you mean, pacifically?" Dec 7, 2008