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# peaceable

«peaceable» in Mova's school dictionary: **Not wanting to fight or argue; liking peace** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (peaceable, more peaceable, most peaceable); adverb peaceably

### meaning for a pupil

1) Not wanting to fight or argue; liking peace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peaceable/#m1)

2) Calm and without fighting: «a peaceable meeting». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peaceable/#m2)

3) (church, Bible) The «peaceable kingdom» is Isaiah's picture of a world where the wolf lives with the lamb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peaceable/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories a peaceable village or a peaceable giant is gentle; in religion lessons the peaceable kingdom shows the hope of perfect peace. In law «peaceable protest» is protest without violence. Phrases: «peaceable kingdom», «peaceable people», «settle peaceably».

### examples

- The giant was peaceable and kind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peaceable/#x1)
- The neighbours settled their argument peaceably. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peaceable/#x2)
- Isaiah wrote of a peaceable kingdom where the lion and lamb lie down together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peaceable/#x3)
- Our cat is a peaceable creature. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peaceable/#x4)
- The crowd was peaceable and calm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peaceable/#x5)
- Try to solve things in a peaceable way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peaceable/#x6)
- The man, who was a peaceable quiet sort of fellow, made no objections, but simply said: [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peaceable/#x7)

### note

Similar to «peaceful», but «peaceable» is more about people who avoid fights; «peaceful» is used more for calm places and times («a peaceful garden»). Formal or old-fashioned.

### In the corpora

- [And my people shall abide in a peaceable habitation, and in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.678/)
- [And the peaceable folds are brought to silence because of the fierce anger of the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.710/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «peaceable» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peaceable/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.