Antonyms for restfully


Grammar : Adv
Spell : rest-fuhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɛst fəl


Definition of restfully

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "characterized by rest;" late 14c., "quiet, peaceful;" from rest (n.1) + -ful. Related: Restfully; restfulness.
  • As in comfortably : adv luxuriously
Example sentences :
  • And restfully, pettingly, he said once more: 'How warm your hand is now!
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
  • All, all, greeted the eye of the worn voyager most restfully.
  • Extract from : « A Woman who went to Alaska » by May Kellogg Sullivan
  • And, half an hour later, he was sleeping as restfully as any of his children.
  • Extract from : « A Handful of Stars » by Frank W. Boreham
  • My life had now become full—I was happy; I was quietly, restfully happy.
  • Extract from : « Poor Folk » by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  • And it is therefore with all my surfaces, smoothly and restfully, I love New York.
  • Extract from : « I, Mary MacLane » by Mary MacLane
  • For a moment she sat in silence, wholly, restfully at her ease.
  • Extract from : « May Iverson's Career » by Elizabeth Jordan
  • All that I see is the past; and that is so beautifully, so restfully dead.
  • Extract from : « Old People and the Things That Pass » by Louis Couperus
  • The Sabbath would be spent quietly and restfully, with at least two impressive and simple services.
  • Extract from : « On the Indian Trail » by Egerton Ryerson Young
  • Silences seemed to fall between them as quietly and restfully as evening flows into night.
  • Extract from : « The Return » by Walter de la Mare
  • He likes to float about restfully on this pond, thinking or fishing, or both.
  • Extract from : « Getting at the Inner Man/Fifty Years on the Lecture Platform » by Robert Shackleton

Synonyms for restfully

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