Definition of Contentedly

1. Adverb. With equanimity. "`I bought it,' she said contentedly"

Partainyms: Contented

Definition of Contentedly

1. Adverb. In a contented manner ¹

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Definition of Contentedly

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Contentedly

content filtering
content filterings
content key
content keys
content management system
content management systems
content repository
content validity
content word
content words
content wrangling
content wranglings
contentation
contentations
contented
contentedly
contentedness
contentednesses
contentest
contenteth
contentful
contenting
contention
contention system
contention systems
contentions
contentious
contentiously
contentiousness
contentless

Literary usage of Contentedly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Way of All Flesh by Samuel Butler, Richard Alexander Streatfeild (1916)
"vexation of spirit, arrived at a conclusion which cut at the roots of all knowledge, he settled contentedly down to ..."

2. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1901)
"... a work- a-day world; making, it is true, an occasional flight into the former, but more usually contentedly trudging along the highways of the latter. ..."

3. The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic (1896)
""Why, certainly," answered Theron, stretching his legs contentedly under the table, and tucking the corner of his napkin in his neckband. ..."

4. Goldsmith's Roman History: Abridged by Himself, for the Use of Schools by Oliver Goldsmith (1825)
"By these and such like remonstrances he prevailed upon the people to go contentedly to work; and Rome soon began to rise from its ashes. 86. ..."

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