reposefully

adv

reposefully

adv

Etymology From reposeful + -ly.

1

In a reposeful manner; at rest.

  • It seemed like a track, and she went along it hopefully till a new danger threatened - a snake, coiled reposefully; she was very close before she saw it, for its colour scheme was a tribute to its environment.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 291:

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