Definition of Peaceably

1. Adverb. In a peaceable manner. "The tenant paying the rent hereby reserved and performing the several covenants herein on his part contained shall peaceably hold and enjoy the demised premises"

Exact synonyms: Pacifically
Partainyms: Pacific, Peaceable

Definition of Peaceably

1. Adverb. In a peaceable manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Peaceably

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peaceably

peace march
peace of mind
peace offering
peace officer
peace out
peace pipe
peace pipes
peace process
peace processes
peace sign
peace treaties
peace treaty
peaceable
peaceableness
peaceablenesses
peaceably (current term)
peacebreaker
peacebreakers
peacebuilding
peaced
peaceful
peaceful coexistence
peacefull
peacefuller
peacefullest
peacefully
peacefulness
peacefulnesses
peacekeeper
peacekeepers

Literary usage of Peaceably

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"... the beft method they could take to keep them from one another, told them they would do them no harm; and if they would live peaceably they would be very ..."

2. The Constitutional Law of the United States by Westel Woodbury Willoughby (1910)
"The Right peaceably to Assemble and Petition. By the First Amendment the right of the people is guaranteed " peaceably to assemble, and to petition the ..."

3. Sermons by Hugh Blair (1822)
"... as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.—ROMANS, xii. 18. IT cannot but occur to every one who has read the New Testament, ..."

4. The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, James Nichols (1842)
"For soon after he fell sick, and, at the end of eight days, in perfect mind and memory,* peaceably departed this life. Wherefore lying Sanders f is not to ..."

5. The Theological Works of Isaac Barrow by Isaac Barrow, William Whewell (1859)
"If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. I HAVE very lately considered what it is to live SERM. peaceably, and what are the ..."

6. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1869)
"peaceably, soberly, loyally, they will maintain their liberties, so long as they can thus be maintained, but they will have them at e wry hazard by some ..."

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