SERENELY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does serenely mean? 

• SERENELY (adverb)
  The adverb SERENELY has 1 sense:

1. in a peacefully serene manner

  Familiarity information: SERENELY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SERENELY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a peacefully serene manner

Context example:

I had the feeling that he was waiting, too--serenely patient

Pertainym:

serene (not agitated; without losing self-possession)

 Context examples 

“I rather fancy that he is on the stair,” said Holmes, serenely.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“That is better,” said John Clay serenely.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But having cleared his mind of it, he went serenely on his way.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

It was a fine autumn morning; the early sun shone serenely on embrowned groves and still green fields; advancing on to the lawn, I looked up and surveyed the front of the mansion.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

He smiled serenely.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Maybe I can carry more, too,” said he serenely, whilst Caleb Baldwin mopped the big sponge over his face, and the shining bottom of the tin basin ceased suddenly to glimmer through the water.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Going in to exult over a fallen enemy and to praise a strong-minded sister for the banishment of an objectionable lover, it certainly was a shock to behold the aforesaid enemy serenely sitting on the sofa, with the strongminded sister enthroned upon his knee and wearing an expression of the most abject submission.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“Mr. Fowler was a very kind-spoken, free-handed gentleman,” said Mrs. Toller serenely.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)