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adjective

Peaceful adj.

Possessing or enjoying peace; not disturbed by war, tumult, agitation, anxiety, or commotion; quiet; tranquil; as, a peaceful time; a peaceful country; a peaceful end.

Not disposed or tending to war, tumult or agitation; pacific; mild; calm; peaceable; as, peaceful words.

Synonyms: See Peaceable.

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Etymology of 'Peaceful'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Peaceful" Quotes from Famous Books

... conjectures that the fort would not be attacked, for the sun rose once more, and the whole country looked peaceful and smiling as ever. Not a Zulu was to be seen with the naked eye, and the only sign of their having been near the fort was the trampled grass, stained here and there with the blood of ...

— Hendricks the Hunter - The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand • W.H.G. Kingston

... the cuts and bruises were still visible on Philpot's face, they were softened down by the pallor of death, and a placid, peaceful expression pervaded his features. His hands were crossed upon his breast, and as he lay there in the snow-white grave clothes, almost covered in by the white lace frill that bordered the sides of the coffin, he looked like one in a profound and ...

— The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists • Robert Tressell

... housekeeper, whose picture you drew just now—humble, even mean in your regard though she be—sinks to peaceful sleep when her tasks are done, and rises refreshed at coming dawn. If she is happier than your fine lady, whose dainty hands cannot bear the soil of these common things, why? Ponder this subject, Delia. It concerns you deeply. It is the happiest state in life that ...

— The Allen House - or Twenty Years Ago and Now • T. S. Arthur

... great risks in sending it. Ah! you do not know the awful disaster that has happened to me, all the terrors and the tortures I endure. But no one can assist me, and I am now looking forward to the time when it will all be over. Do you recollect our old peaceful days in the garden at Chichester? I think of them always, always, and compare that sweet peace of the past with my own terrible sufferings of to-day. Ah, how I wish I might see you once again; how that I might feel your hand upon my brow, and hear your words ...

— The Czar's Spy - The Mystery of a Silent Love • William Le Queux

... back with his crew, settling the sharing of the plunder. His son took him aside, and their talk was long; and, as it seemed, not altogether peaceful. Soon the men began to gather round them, and those with us went to hear what was going on. So we were left ...

— A Sea Queen's Sailing • Charles Whistler

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