# peacefully

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ˈpiːsfəli/ · frequency rank #12,472

## Definitions
1. In a peaceful manner.

## Etymology
From Middle English peesfully, peasfullie, paisfulike, paisfullic, equivalent to peaceful + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **peaceful** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peaceful-vs-peacefully)

## Common misspellings (13)
`epacefully`, `paecefully`, `peaccefully`, `peaceffully`, `peacefluly`, `peacefullyy`, `peacefuly`, `peacefulyl`, `peaceuflly`, `peacfeully`, `peaecfully`, `pecaefully`, `ppeacefully`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/peacefully