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Synonyms for peaceful

Grammar : Adj
Spell : pees-fuh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpis fəl

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Définition of peaceful

Origin :
  • early 14c., "inclined to peace, friendly, pacific," from peace + -ful. Meaning "tranquil, calm, full of peace" is from mid-14c. In reference to nonviolent methods of effecting social change, it is attested from 1876. Related: Peacefully; peacefulness. Peaceful coexistence (1920) originally was in regard to Soviet policy toward the capitalist West.
  • adj friendly, serene
Example sentences :
  • A rapid walk soon restored the maidens to their own peaceful homes.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • They had no children and this settlement assured them a peaceful old age.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • The world beholds the peaceful triumphs of the industry of our emigrants.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • And yet it was a coward's blow, and one to stir the blood and loose the tongue of the most peaceful.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • I am a peaceful trader, and I am not wont to be so shouted at upon so small a matter.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • She approached the bed, to discover if Mary's sleep were peaceful.
  • Extract from : « The Wives of The Dead » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • He would, he said, do his utmost to secure the peaceful passage of the troops.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • It is a peaceful place, and more like an English county town than most of its friends.
  • Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
  • What was it that wrought this peaceful wonder of the sixteenth century?
  • Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
  • She did not go back to the sitting-room and her peaceful knitting.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

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