peaceable
IPA: pˈisʌbʌɫ
adjective
- Favouring peace rather than conflict; not aggressive, tending to avoid violence (of people, actions etc.).
- Characterized by peace; peaceful, tranquil.
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Examples of "peaceable" in Sentences
- He was pious and peaceable.
- The hope is to make it more peaceable.
- Mennonites can be both peaceable and poisonous.
- It is all very well to talk about peaceable persuasion.
- The census also stated that these people were peaceable.
- As I recall, the whole family was a right peaceable bunch.
- I am a peaceable person by nature and do not care for disputes.
- The more peaceable our interactions, the easier it is for them to return.
- Dispute is a great impediment to the establishment of our peaceable lives.
- The conceit of government by peaceable consensus was soon exposed as chimerical.
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