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PEACEABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does peaceable mean? 

PEACEABLE (adjective)
  The adjective PEACEABLE has 3 senses:

1. inclined or disposed to peaceplay

2. not disturbed by strife or turmoil or warplay

3. disposed to peace or of a peaceful natureplay

  Familiarity information: PEACEABLE used as an adjective is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


PEACEABLE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Inclined or disposed to peace

Synonyms:

peace-loving; peaceable

Context example:

peace-loving citizens

Similar:

peaceable; peaceful (not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war)

Derivation:

peaceableness (a state that is calm and tranquil)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war

Synonyms:

peaceable; peaceful

Context example:

peaceful sleep

Similar:

halcyon (idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquillity)

irenic (conducive to peace)

nonbelligerent (not directly at war)

pacific; peaceable (disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature)

dovish; pacifist; pacifistic (opposed to war)

peace-loving; peaceable (inclined or disposed to peace)

Also:

nonaggressive; unaggressive (not aggressive; not given to fighting or assertiveness)

amicable (characterized by friendship and good will)

quiet (characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity)

nonviolent (abstaining (on principle) from the use of violence)


Sense 3

Meaning:

Disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature

Synonyms:

pacific; peaceable

Context example:

in a peaceable and orderly manner

Similar:

peaceable; peaceful (not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war)

Derivation:

peaceableness (a state that is calm and tranquil)


 Context examples 


Induced by these feelings, I was of course led to admire peaceable lawgivers, Numa, Solon, and Lycurgus, in preference to Romulus and Theseus.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)



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