Peaceable
['piːsəb(ə)l] or ['pisəbl]
Definition
(adj.) inclined or disposed to peace; 'they met in a peaceable spirit'; 'peace-loving citizens' .
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Definition
(a.) Begin in or at peace; tranquil; quiet; free from, or not disposed to, war, disorder, or excitement; not quarrelsome.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Peaceful, pacific, free from war.[2]. Gentle, mild, amicable, friendly, disposed to peace, not quarrelsome.[3]. Quiet, tranquil, placid, unmoved, undisturbed, serene.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:unwarlike, inoffensive, quiet, peaceful, innocuous, mild, unquarrelsome,serene, placid
ANT:Pugnacious, warlike, litigious, quarrelsome, savage, fierce, hostile, violent,bellicose, restless
Editor: Marilyn
Examples
- Legree, in a fury, swore she should be put to field service, if she would not be peaceable. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Induced by these feelings, I was of course led to admire peaceable law-givers, Numa, Solon, and Lycurgus, in preference to Romulus and Theseus. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- He says the convicts work well, and are quiet and peaceable. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- So he knuckled down, again to use his own phrase, and sent old Hulker with peaceable overtures to Osborne. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He made me submit; he made me be peaceable; he flattered me with hopes that, perhaps, he would buy them back; and so things went on, a week or two. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- So the dogs remain in peaceable possession of the streets. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- One hundred and forty peaceable Indians yet remain in this government. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- A temporary separation between husband and wife is the one peaceable solution of this difficulty. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Quiet and peaceable in his disposition, he hoped, by unremitting diligence, to avert from himself at least a portion of the evils of his condition. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- A pot of beer had appeared from the Jolly Bargemen, and they were sharing it by turns in a peaceable manner. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
Editor: Marilyn