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peaceably

peaceably adverb: in a peaceable manner.

Adverb

peaceably (comparative more peaceably, superlative most peaceably)

  1. In a peaceable manner.
    • [K]ing Edwarde [IV] returned, and wͭ much leſſe nũber thẽ [number then [than]] he had, at Barnet on theſtre daye felde [the Easter Day field], ſlewe the Erle of warwik [Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick] wͭ many other great eſtates of yͤ partie, ⁊ ſo ſtably attained the crowne againe, that he...c. 1513 (date written), Thomas More, “The History of King Richard the Thirde (Vnfinished) […]”, in Wyllyam Rastell [i.e., William Rastell], editor, The Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, […], London...
    • For, if (ſaid he) you throw among five Yahoos as much Food as would be ſufficient for fifty, they will, inſtead of eating peaceably, fall together by the ears, each ſingle one impatient to have all to itſelf; […]1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author’s Great Love of His Native Country. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […]...

Forms of peaceably

comparativemore peaceably
superlativemost peaceably

Origin of peaceably

From Middle English pesibly; equivalent to peaceable + -ly.

Questions about peaceably

What does peaceably mean?
Peaceably means in a peaceable manner.
What part of speech is peaceably?
Peaceably is an adverb.

Words near peaceably in the dictionary

  1. peace-time
  2. peace-times
  3. peaceability
  4. peaceable
  5. peaceableness
  6. peaceably
  7. peacebreaker
  8. peacebreakers
  9. peacebreaking
  10. peacebuilder
  11. peacebuilders

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