Peaceable
adjective
Being calm and quiet, not causing trouble or fights.
The protesters were peaceable and didn't make any violence.

Often appears as...
- peaceable kingdom
- peaceable nature
adjective
Tending to avoid arguments or disputes; keeping peace in dealings with others.
Henry was a peaceable man who avoided conflicts whenever he could.

Often appears as...
- peaceable resolution
- peaceable conversation
adjective
Being calm and quiet, not causing trouble or fights.
The protesters were peaceable and didn't make any violence.

Often appears as...
- peaceable kingdom
- peaceable nature
adjective
Tending to avoid arguments or disputes; keeping peace in dealings with others.
Henry was a peaceable man who avoided conflicts whenever he could.

Often appears as...
- peaceable resolution
- peaceable conversation
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Quiet Nature
Describes someone or something that naturally avoids disturbances and prefers tranquility.

The peaceable dog lay quietly on the porch, not barking at passersby.
No Violence
Emphasizes the absence of aggression or combativeness in a situation or in a person's demeanor.

Even when provoked, the demonstrators remained peaceable.
Positive Connotation
Carries a positive feeling, suggesting good intentions and a friendly disposition.

The peaceable crowd gathered to celebrate the community's unity.
Quiet Nature
Describes someone or something that naturally avoids disturbances and prefers tranquility.

The peaceable dog lay quietly on the porch, not barking at passersby.
No Violence
Emphasizes the absence of aggression or combativeness in a situation or in a person's demeanor.

Even when provoked, the demonstrators remained peaceable.
Positive Connotation
Carries a positive feeling, suggesting good intentions and a friendly disposition.

The peaceable crowd gathered to celebrate the community's unity.
Quiet Nature
Describes someone or something that naturally avoids disturbances and prefers tranquility.

The peaceable dog lay quietly on the porch, not barking at passersby.
No Violence
Emphasizes the absence of aggression or combativeness in a situation or in a person's demeanor.

Even when provoked, the demonstrators remained peaceable.
Positive Connotation
Carries a positive feeling, suggesting good intentions and a friendly disposition.

The peaceable crowd gathered to celebrate the community's unity.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 154 PIPE...
colors even at this time of the day and then there are two impalas who have given up on the ruts they've decided that it's time to be friends with each other again that fighting over ladies is getting them nowhere and so they've decided that they will peaceably feed
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Depressed dogs, cats...
and made them into peaceable felines. And even antidepressants were first tested in rabbits. Today, however, we are not just giving these drugs to other animals as test subjects, but they're giving them these drugs as patients,
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Filming The Yeti PIPE Wild...
there's hardly enough to sustain one monkey let alone a family but they share it peaceably survival depends on the group keeping together i was just amazed by their colors really
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 154 PIPE...
colors even at this time of the day and then there are two impalas who have given up on the ruts they've decided that it's time to be friends with each other again that fighting over ladies is getting them nowhere and so they've decided that they will peaceably feed
Video examples
Depressed dogs, cats...
and made them into peaceable felines. And even antidepressants were first tested in rabbits. Today, however, we are not just giving these drugs to other animals as test subjects, but they're giving them these drugs as patients,
Video examples
Filming The Yeti PIPE Wild...
there's hardly enough to sustain one monkey let alone a family but they share it peaceably survival depends on the group keeping together i was just amazed by their colors really
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Quote examples
Vera Farmiga
American Actress
In these times, in this harsh, rude, warring world that we live in, where most of the bloodshed is 'My god is greater than your god,' and we're fighting in the name of our god, we have to find a way to peaceably coexist, spiritually.

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Henry Walter Bates
English Environmentalist
The people were simpler, more peaceable and friendly in their manners and dispositions; and assassinations, which give the southern provinces so ill a reputation, were almost unknown.

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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
The most peaceable way for you, if you do take a thief, is, to let him show himself what he is and steal out of your company.

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Steve Scalise
American Politician
Our founding fathers made no mistake when they included the right to peaceably assemble among the first tenets of democracy.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt
American President
I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments.

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George Orwell
British Author
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

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Mike Schmidt
American Athlete
Virtually every civilized society today holds sacred the right to peaceably bury their dead.

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Anita Ekberg
Swedish Actress
The most important thing for a good marriage is to learn how to argue peaceably.

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Pankaj Mishra
Indian Novelist
Certainly, imperial power is never peaceably acquired or maintained.

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Lewis Tappan
American Businessman
The African prisoners are orderly and peaceable among themselves.

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Vera Farmiga
American Actress
In these times, in this harsh, rude, warring world that we live in, where most of the bloodshed is 'My god is greater than your god,' and we're fighting in the name of our god, we have to find a way to peaceably coexist, spiritually.

Quote examples
Henry Walter Bates
English Environmentalist
The people were simpler, more peaceable and friendly in their manners and dispositions; and assassinations, which give the southern provinces so ill a reputation, were almost unknown.

Quote examples
William Shakespeare
English Playwright
The most peaceable way for you, if you do take a thief, is, to let him show himself what he is and steal out of your company.

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Steve Scalise
American Politician
Our founding fathers made no mistake when they included the right to peaceably assemble among the first tenets of democracy.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt
American President
I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments.

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George Orwell
British Author
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

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Mike Schmidt
American Athlete
Virtually every civilized society today holds sacred the right to peaceably bury their dead.

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Anita Ekberg
Swedish Actress
The most important thing for a good marriage is to learn how to argue peaceably.

Quote examples
Pankaj Mishra
Indian Novelist
Certainly, imperial power is never peaceably acquired or maintained.

Quote examples
Lewis Tappan
American Businessman
The African prisoners are orderly and peaceable among themselves.

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