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
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 Seltzer, Charles Alden
Lincoln's reply shows that his habitual peaceableness involved no lack of dignity; he said.
From Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 by Nicolay, John George
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
We can observe the fact that personal discipleship of Christ has given some persons in our acquaintance a rare capacity for love, for social sympathy, for peaceableness, for all the society-making qualities.
From The Social Principles of Jesus by Rauschenbusch, Walter
