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
He did not have to be constantly scuffling to guard his self-respect, and at the same time he gained the good-will of the better sort by his evident peaceableness and integrity.
From Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 by John George Nicolay
And from the peaceableness of the reply he gathered that this time the lady was not soliciting patronage but conferring it.
From The Divine Fire by May Sinclair
We cannot expect, therefore, that our professions of peaceableness should be taken very seriously by outsiders.
From The European Anarchy by G. Lowes (Goldsworthy Lowes) Dickinson
With their amiability and sweet peaceableness they ought to be caroling the whole year round.
From Birds in the Bush by Bradford Torrey
