peaceableness
- a word derived from peaceable.
Example Sentences
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Because of its mountain beauty and the diversity, industry and peaceableness of its 8,500,000 inhabitants, Ceylon has been called the Switzerland of the East.
From Time Magazine Archive
Possibly this assertion may seem strange to one likewise who has remarked the ordinary peaceableness of my disposition.
From Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood by MacDonald, George
It is common in the leader of a multitude to profess peaceableness, but very unusual for the multitude itself to persevere in doing so.
From Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity by Newman, John Henry
Yet it is astonishing how soon, after the first rush was over, the camp would settle down into a state of comparative order and peaceableness.
From A Boy's Voyage Round the World by Smiles, Samuel
This cannot be taken in truth, judgment, and righteousness, because of the fallacy and ambiguity of the terms: for there are diverse sorts of peace and peaceableness; some kind is duty, some never.
From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Shields, Alexander
