pacifically

Example Sentences

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“Mentally, physically, spiritually, metaphysically, biologically, specifically, pacifically, Michael Ealy, Robert E. Lee, none of the Lees.”

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2022

“I just thought it might relax you as you drive,” Mr. Stanton’s hitchhiker pacifically responds.

From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2017

Inside, a photograph of Pope John Paul II leans against a wall and a statue of baby Jesus in a gold robe gazes pacifically from a glass case.

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2016

Ted explains that football is a symbolic re-enactment of America's westward conquest of territory--while baseball is a "post-settlement" enterprise in which each team by turns pacifically yields the field to the other.

From Time Magazine Archive

“It is a good thing to buy land,” she said pacifically.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck