Good to see "pacifically" featuring heavily here too. From Wordnik.com. [Word Magazine - Comments] Reference
Exhibit B: when people say 'pacifically' when they mean 'specifically'. From Wordnik.com. Reference
She used to say it all the time, even extending the word into 'pacifically' when she meant 'specifically'. From Wordnik.com. [Word Magazine - Comments] Reference
"I'm not going to read," returned Lois pacifically. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908] Reference
'I don't regard you as a child,' I said pacifically. From Wordnik.com. [Puppet on a Chain]
"But we can go skating tonight," he concluded pacifically. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life] Reference
"Put your name against this one," suggested Lexie pacifically. From Wordnik.com. [The Outrageous Dowager]
"They might as well have their glass of wine," said Erik, pacifically. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow Of The Lion]
"All right, " Pleasants said pacifically, seeing he had irked his friend. From Wordnik.com. [The Guns Of The South]
He said pacifically that they had all better wait until Mr Rodd came back. From Wordnik.com. [Tour de Force]
“It won't be as difficult now as it was then,” said Mamercus pacifically. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
"Well, let us not fall into a dispute over him," said Lady Hester pacifically. From Wordnik.com. [Gatlinburg] Reference
When he continued to gaze pacifically into the trees, I plunged into my speech. From Wordnik.com. [I. O. U.] Reference
"Well, I don't think Harriet helped her cause much," said the doctor pacifically. From Wordnik.com. [Rosemary] Reference
Back home, he settled down pacifically to act as schoolmaster to his two nephews. From Wordnik.com. [Heroic Milton: Happy Birthday] Reference
'You're in this business to destroy people who destroy people,' de Graaf said pacifically. From Wordnik.com. [Puppet on a Chain]
When the sun of France penetrates pacifically to all its hidden places, the forest will wake to a new life. From Wordnik.com. [Morocco] Reference
'He doesn't mean any harm, poor little chap,' said Mother pacifically; 'he's so interested in all these things.'. From Wordnik.com. [My Family and Other Animals]
“Anyway,” said Brutus pacifically, “Sulla will continue to tell us what he means to do the day after tomorrow.”. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
It is surprising to see how Venezuela's popular dictatorship has been installed democratically and pacifically in Venezuela. From Wordnik.com. [YES, Mrs Clinton, there is indeed a dictatorship in Venezuela. That's true!] Reference
"Don't you make me go, William," he said pacifically. From Wordnik.com. [Uncle William: the man who was shif'less] Reference
"That stick's 'most fell apart," she said pacifically. From Wordnik.com. [Country Neighbors] Reference
'There's a harp or two in it,' he responded pacifically. From Wordnik.com. [Celt and Saxon — Complete] Reference
'They are not so intended,' said the count, bowing pacifically. From Wordnik.com. [The Tragic Comedians — Complete] Reference
"It ain't that at all, Em," Mrs. Tarbury threw in pacifically, but. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Julia Page] Reference
"Well, well, have it your own way!" said the devil, pacifically, and. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5] Reference
Now he made the same effort at self-command, and replied pacifically. From Wordnik.com. [The Border Watch A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand] Reference
"We've come a long way, and we're tired," Emerson argued, pacifically. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Horde] Reference
"Loads of horses and cars up there, my dear," Rachael said pacifically. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Rachael] Reference
"Certainly," said Edwin pacifically, admitting the entire propriety of the visit. From Wordnik.com. [Clayhanger] Reference
"It is so old, I don't believe it's worth the trouble," returned the judge pacifically. From Wordnik.com. [The Opened Shutters] Reference
"My dear lady," he replied pacifically, "shall I jump over this chair to convince you?". From Wordnik.com. [The Prodigal Father] Reference
"I'm going to wait for you right here, and we'll go down together," she said pacifically. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Julia Page] Reference
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