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Meanings of peaceable in English
Usage of peaceable in English
1
The tribe were thus left in peaceable possession of all their property.
2
Perhaps this is what Veronica called cowardice and I called being peaceable.
3
Our laws contain provisions for the peaceable restitution of crimes against property.'
4
No; nor armed revolution either, but a peaceable solution of the question.
5
Aye, Bourdon, that was in peaceable times; but these is war times.
6
Many public men in the North urged peaceable secession, notably, Horace Greely.
7
Boone Logan was a well-educated, peaceable citizen and practiced law in Morehead.
8
The peaceable and gentle natives soon began to resent these gross doings.
9
From here to the Limberlost is all I can be bearing peaceable.
10
Shrewd, peaceable folk they were, at least the males of the house.
11
Mademoiselle Baptistine, perfectly peaceable and natural, took her seat at his left.
12
But those chemical inhabitants of the primordial soup were not necessarily peaceable.
13
They are a deal more peaceable and easy to get on with.
14
It might be some peaceable merchant, some poor man from the countryside.
15
Which are the happiest, the most moral, and the most peaceable nations?
16
Yours may be a peaceable one, but it is still a revolution.
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Peaceable across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common