paˈcifically,adv. [f.prec. + -ly2.] In a pacific manner; peacefully, peaceably. 1793Residence in France (1797) I. 231 A few dragoons have arranged the business very pacifically.1865Carlyle Fredk. Gt. iv. x. (1872) II. 33 Friedrich Wilhelm's first step, of course, was to remonstrate pacifically.