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peaceably

adv

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from pesibly

Definitions

  1. In a peaceable manner.

    • 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.

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