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# peaceful

«peaceful» in Mova's school dictionary: **calm and quiet, without noise or worry** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (peaceful, more peaceful, most peaceful)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Peaceful means calm and quiet, without noise or worry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peaceful/#m1)

2) Peaceful means without war or fighting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peaceful/#m2)

3) A peaceful person or protest does not use violence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peaceful/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it describes calm places and moods. In history and citizenship it is used about peaceful protest and peaceful times. In feelings lessons it describes a calm mind. Phrases: «peaceful protest», «a peaceful place», «rest in peace» (euphemism about death: «died peacefully»).

### examples

- The garden is peaceful in the morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peaceful/#x1)
- They held a peaceful protest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peaceful/#x2)
- The country has been peaceful for many years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peaceful/#x3)
- The baby looked peaceful asleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peaceful/#x4)
- We found a peaceful spot by the lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peaceful/#x5)
- Be kind and peaceful to others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peaceful/#x6)
- The two villages lived in peaceful friendship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peaceful/#x7)
- The library is a peaceful place to read. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peaceful/#x8)
- The shores of the peaceful lake still smile in beauty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peaceful/#x9)

### note

Spelling: one «l» at the end: peaceful. Opposite: violent, noisy, warlike. Do not confuse with «peaceable» (liking peace, not quarrelsome).

### In the corpora

- [A protest is people gathering to show they strongly agree or disagree with something; in free countries peaceful protest is a right.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/13/)
- [Not every enemy becomes a friend; peaceful distance, with no fights and a polite nod, is a fine ending too.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/484-enemies-who-became-friends-and-ones-who-never-did/29/)
- [Suffragists campaigned for votes for women with petitions, meetings and peaceful marches, and Millicent Fawcett led them in Britain.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/32-votes-for-women/6/)
- [In 1797 George Washington stepped down as US president after eight years, a peaceful handover of power.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/67-who-decides-kings-councils-republics-and-democracies/20/)
- [Good rules protect people; unfair rules can be changed by fair and peaceful means.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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