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 →

2) Calm and without fighting: «a peaceable meeting». tree →

3) (church, Bible) The «peaceable kingdom» is Isaiah's picture of a world where the wolf lives with the lamb. tree →

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 →
• The neighbours settled their argument peaceably. tree →
• Isaiah wrote of a peaceable kingdom where the lion and lamb lie down together. tree →
• Our cat is a peaceable creature. tree →
• The crowd was peaceable and calm. tree →
• Try to solve things in a peaceable way. tree →
• The man, who was a peaceable quiet sort of fellow, made no objections, but simply said: tree →

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.
• And the peaceable folds are brought to silence because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «peaceable» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.