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peaceably

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Definitions

  1. in a peaceable manner

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • 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; […]
  • Men in helmets have divided that, with swords; men in wigs, with quill and inkhorn, to divide it: and even more hateful these latter, if more peaceably; for the wig-method is at once irresistibler and baser.
  • All the buck-passing shows a healthy reluctance to shut down free speech, which unlike the right to eat dinner, is explicitly cited in the Constitution, along with the right to peaceably assemble.

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