peaceable
Origin of peaceable
1Other words for peaceable
Opposites for peaceable
Other words from peaceable
- peace·a·ble·ness, noun
- peace·a·bly, adverb
- un·peace·a·ble, adjective
- un·peace·a·bly, adverb
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How to use peaceable in a sentence
From there, the now peaceable moon helps stabilize our seasons and regulates our tides, circling the planet once every 27 days, 7 hours, and 43 minutes.
A Strawberry Moon Is Coming. Why the Rare Astronomical Event Is So Exciting | Jeffrey Kluger | June 14, 2022 | TimeWhen behavior didn’t fit the mold, like female-dominant spotted hyenas or peaceable male pinyon jays, it was either ignored or shoehorned into existing theory.
Lucy Cooke’s new book ‘Bitch’ busts myths about female animals | Erika Engelhaupt | June 14, 2022 | Science NewsMost Muslims, like most people everywhere, are peaceable and law-abiding.
His peaceable farmsteads may never have existed, but the ideals they appeal to are very much with us.
Thomas Kinkade’s Paintings Embody an American Vision Missed by Many Artists | Blake Gopnik | April 11, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIn various passages she is described as peaceable or perfect, and is thus presented as in Covenant.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John Cunningham
In all other cases the elephant is very peaceable, and is not easily induced to attack human beings.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferBut they were generally peaceable folks, and had a great dread of going to law, especially with one of their own neighbors.
Mike Marble | Uncle FrankHe was therefore the favourite candidate of prudent and peaceable men in every country.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayAnd Val, in his good-nature, bore the infliction passively so long as she kept civil and peaceable.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry Wood
British Dictionary definitions for peaceable
/ (ˈpiːsəbəl) /
inclined towards peace
tranquil; calm
Derived forms of peaceable
- peaceableness, noun
- peaceably, adverb
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