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peaceable

[pee-suh-buhl]
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adjective

inclined or disposed to avoid strife or dissension; not argumentative or hostile: a peaceable person; a peaceable disposition.
peaceful; tranquil: in peaceable periods; a peaceable adjustment of a dispute.

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calmly, peacefully, quietly

Origin of peaceable

1300–50; Middle English pesible < Middle French paisible. See peace, -able
Related formspeace·a·ble·ness, nounpeace·a·bly, adverbun·peace·a·ble, adjectiveun·peace·a·bly, adverb
Can be confusedpeaceable peaceful (see synonym study at peaceful)

Synonyms for peaceable

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1. amicable, friendly, amiable.

Antonyms for peaceable

1. quarrelsome, hostile.
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Examples from the Web for peaceably

Contemporary Examples of peaceably

Historical Examples of peaceably

  • Let them go on without control: Let the devil enjoy them peaceably.

    Bunyan

    James Anthony Froude

  • The others, he learned afterward, were peaceably at a singing club of their own.

    The Prisoner

    Alice Brown

  • “We will run them peaceably, just as long as we can,” smiled de Spain.

    Nan of Music Mountain

    Frank H. Spearman

  • But everything else was peaceably assigned to Richard and his associate.

    The Pioneers

    James Fenimore Cooper

  • "Well, if you can get in peaceably, so much the better," said the magistrate.

    The Pioneers

    James Fenimore Cooper

British Dictionary definitions for peaceably

peaceable

adjective

inclined towards peace
tranquil; calm
Derived Formspeaceableness, nounpeaceably, adverb
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for peaceably

peaceable

adj.

early 14c., from Old French paisible "peaceful" (12c.), from pais (see peace). Related: Peacably.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper