peaceable
adjective
inclined or disposed to avoid strife or dissension; not argumentative or hostile: a peaceable disposition.
peaceableness
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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
I can't array all my reasons now, or we should sit here all night—but I will tell you one main reason, and that is the immensely increased peaceableness of the world.
From Father Payne by Arthur Christopher Benson
He wheeled his horse and sent him into the dusk toward the herd, riding cautiously, evidently not entirely convinced of the peaceableness of Lawler's intentions.
From The Trail Horde by Charles Alden Seltzer
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 George MacDonald
The virtues could, of course, be similarly classified; the ferruginous virtues would include courage, self-reliance and hopefulness; the non-ferruginous, peaceableness, meekness and chastity.
From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Edwin E. Slosson
