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peaceful
adjective as in friendly, serene
Strongest matches
amicable, bloodless, calm, harmonious, neutral, nonviolent, peace-loving, placid, quiet, smooth, steady, tranquil
Strong match
Weak matches
all quiet, at peace, collected, composed, constant, easeful, equable, free from strife, gentle, halcyon, irenic, level, mellow, neutralist, nonbelligerent, on friendly terms, on good terms, pacifistic, placatory, restful, sociable, still, undisturbed, unruffled, untroubled, without hostility
Example Sentences
“What we’re trying to do is be close enough to these young women that you can understand how, in their late teens and early 20s, they would join a paramilitary organization, believing that peaceful protest is never going to work. We want you to be there with them, but then also to see the human wreckage of their decisions,” Keefe said over breakfast in Manhattan, N.Y., where he was joined by Zetumer and director Michael Lennox.
At the same time, a hīkoi - or peaceful protest march - organised by a Māori rights group is continuing to make its way towards the capital, Wellington.
He said Jehovah's Witnesses were very peaceful.
“People just don't go zipping through the station. It’s big and it's peaceful,” he says.
The election campaign has been largely peaceful with no reports of poll-related deaths or large scale misuse of government resources.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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