Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pacifically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English

Syllables: pacif-i-cal-ly
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a calm or quiet manner.

adv

In a soothing manner.

Example Sentences

"The water shone pacifically; the sky, without a speck, was a benign immensity of unstained light; the very mist on the Essex marshes was like a gauzy and radiant fabric, hung from the wooded rises inland, and draping the low shores in diaphanous folds."
"To arrange and compose pacifically, the differences which may arise between the Federal States; and, should the same not succeed, to point out to the Supreme Chief the measures which should be adopted to re-establish peace and harmony […]"

Etymology

Etymology tree English pacific Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English pacifically From pacific + -ally.

Inflected Forms

more pacifically (comparative) most pacifically (superlative)

Synonyms

calmly mildly quietly soothingly peaceably

Questions

What does pacifically mean?: In a calm or quiet manner.
Where does pacifically come from?: Etymology tree English pacific Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English pacifically From pacific + -ally.

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