What part of speech is peacefully?

Peacefully can be categorized as an adverb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. peacefully is an adverb.

Inflections

Adjective to adverb

  • Adjective
    Adverb
  • peacefully
  • adjective: peaceful 
  • adverb: peacefully

What does peacefully mean?

Definitions

Adverb

peacefully - in a peaceful manner; "the hen settled herself on the nest most peacefully"

Examples of peacefully

#   Sentence  
1. adv. The hen settled herself on the nest most peacefully.
2. adv. Western and Afghan diplomats intimately involved with the meeting, said Bush pushed Musharraf hard on reigning in the Taliban so the elections could take place peacefully.
3. adv. Martin Luther King, Jr. persuaded the black citizens to protest peacefully.
4. adv. Martin Luther King, Jr., had won his first protest against injustice - peacefully.
5. adv. The general lived the rest of his life peacefully after his retirement.
6. adv. I could live peacefully here.
7. adv. International disputes must be settled peacefully.
8. adv. We were sitting peacefully at dinner, when all of a sudden the lights went out.
9. adv. My grandmother went peacefully in the night.
10. adv. My grandmother passed away peacefully last night.
11. adv. The dispute was settled peacefully.
12. adv. Tom slept peacefully as the underground train rattled on its way.
13. adv. He intervened and settled the matter peacefully for the time being.
14. adv. His grandfather passed away peacefully.
15. adv. He had gone there to help garbage workers strike peacefully for better pay and working conditions.
Sentence  
adv.
The hen settled herself on the nest most peacefully.
Western and Afghan diplomats intimately involved with the meeting, said Bush pushed Musharraf hard on reigning in the Taliban so the elections could take place peacefully.
Martin Luther King, Jr. persuaded the black citizens to protest peacefully.
Martin Luther King, Jr., had won his first protest against injustice - peacefully.
The general lived the rest of his life peacefully after his retirement.
I could live peacefully here.
International disputes must be settled peacefully.
We were sitting peacefully at dinner, when all of a sudden the lights went out.
My grandmother went peacefully in the night.
My grandmother passed away peacefully last night.
The dispute was settled peacefully.
Tom slept peacefully as the underground train rattled on its way.
He intervened and settled the matter peacefully for the time being.
His grandfather passed away peacefully.
He had gone there to help garbage workers strike peacefully for better pay and working conditions.

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