Word · Frequency #21480
contentedly
满足地；安心地
in a contented manner; with calm satisfaction
- 1.
In a contented manner.
满足地；心满意足地。
满足地；心满意足地。
In use
After a long day of hiking, she sat by the campfire and ate her dinner contentedly.
The old cat curled up on the sofa and slept contentedly all afternoon.
He finished his work early and spent the rest of the evening contentedly reading a novel.
verb + contentedly
contentedly 常放在动词后，描述動作进行时的心情。
The cat purred contentedly.
猫满足地发出呼噜声。
contentedly + verb
放在动词前时，语气稍显正式，强调安心的状态。
She contentedly agreed to the plan.
她安心地同意了这个计划。
be contentedly doing sth
与进行时搭配，表示在满足的状态下持续做某事。
The children were contentedly drawing pictures.
孩子们正满足地画画。
Connections
Collocations
- eat contentedly
- 满足地吃
- The old cat ate contentedly by the fireplace.老猫在壁炉旁满足地吃着。
- watch contentedly
- 安详地观看
- She sat contentedly watching the sunset.她安详地坐着看日落。
- purr contentedly
- 满足地发出呼噜声
- The kitten curled up and purred contentedly.小猫蜷起身子，满足地打着呼噜。
- smile contentedly
- 满足地微笑
- He smiled contentedly after finishing his meal.他吃完饭，满足地笑了笑。
- settle contentedly
- 安心地安顿下来
- They settled contentedly into their new home.他们安心地在新家安顿下来。
- live contentedly
Learner notes
Memory Tip
拆成 content(满足) + edly，记作“满足地”：想象心满意足的人 contentedly 点头。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常叙述、文学描写 该词为中性用词，通常用于描述某人满足、安心地做某事的状态，多出现在文学性叙述或稍正式的日常表达中。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Contentedly is stressed on the second syllable: /kənˈtɛntɪdli/. The words below all end in -edly and share the unstressed /ɪdli/ ending, but none rhymes with contentedly because they have different stressed vowels or different consonants after the stressed vowel. The closest is allegedly /əˈlɛdʒɪdli/, whose stressed vowel matches /ɛ/ but whose following consonant /dʒ/ does not match /nt/. Don't guess the sound from the -edly spelling.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.