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peaceable

[ pee-suh-buhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

inclined or disposed to avoid strife or dissension; not argumentative or hostile: a peaceable disposition.
a peaceable person;
a peaceable disposition.
Synonyms: pacifist, friendly, amicable
Antonyms: hostile, quarrelsome
peaceful; tranquil:
in peaceable periods;
a peaceable adjustment of a dispute.

peaceable

/ ˈpiːsəbəl /

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English pesible, from Middle French paisible; peace, -able

Most Muslims, like most people everywhere, are peaceable and law-abiding.

His peaceable farmsteads may never have existed, but the ideals they appeal to are very much with us.

In various passages she is described as peaceable or perfect, and is thus presented as in Covenant.

In all other cases the elephant is very peaceable, and is not easily induced to attack human beings.

But they were generally peaceable folks, and had a great dread of going to law, especially with one of their own neighbors.

He was therefore the favourite candidate of prudent and peaceable men in every country.

And Val, in his good-nature, bore the infliction passively so long as she kept civil and peaceable.

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