contentedly

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Contentedly the aloof civil servants of the Indian Office murmured last week, as they once murmured over the Simon Report, "one of the great state papers, perhaps one of the greatest."

From Time Magazine Archive

Contentedly, he returned to the town, carrying his rolled-up gown under his arm.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse

Contentedly, almost joyously, Snuffy entered the waist-high sage, proceeding for another mile due west toward the gorge.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

Contentedly Thryng proceeded to set his abode in order after the disarray of the morning, undisturbed by any question as to the equity of his deed.

From The Mountain Girl by Erskine, Payne

Contentedly, calmly, unheedingly, will we let the years pass by; for what will it matter to us?

From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 Volume 23, Number 2 by Various