peacefulness

peaceful | American Dictionary

peaceful
adjective[ not gradable ]
us/ˈpis·fəl/
free from war or violence:
The US is promoting a peaceful and rapid solution to the present crisis.
calm and quiet; free from worries or annoyances:
It’s so peaceful by the lake.

peacefully

adverb[ not gradable ]us/ˈpis·fə·li/
She died peacefully in her sleep at the age of 90.

peacefulness

noun[ U ]us/ˈpis·fəl·nəs/

peaceful | Business English

peaceful
adjective
uk /ˈpiːsfəl/us
not involving war or violence:
peaceful demonstration/protest/resolutionPeople have the right to a peaceful demonstration.

Examples of peaceful

peaceful
The end of the cold war has not been so peaceful or benevolent as many had anticipated.
Landscapes are peaceful and unscarred, animals roam free, children never grow up and work is virtually non-existent.
We can do this by presenting societies whose ideological construction of human nature and behaviour is such as to favour peaceful coexistence.
As more people became employed in peaceful pursuits, a less coercive, more individualistic society would appear.
Pluralism is a modern political concept of organising peaceful interaction between different groups, a very different process from the actual historical one.
The peaceful settlement of disputes by arbitration became increasingly common.
In the half-century after 1945, the borderlands assumed a more peaceful aspect.
Other acts of resistance were more peaceful, but equally organized.
The women entered the camp carrying grass (a sign of peaceful intentions).
In this study, some participants talked about an obligation-free life or a peaceful mind as important factors in successful ageing.
If the times were not peaceful, there would have been more capital crimes.
In the circumstances, it may be worth considering two other possibilities which offer some hopes for peaceful co-existence between the warring communities.
While the town might have seemed peaceful to the judge, it appeared otherwise to many residents.
Aren't "underrepresented peaceful activities," such as working in a forest, as important for survival as appropriate response to threats?
The president later defended in public the right of civil society to peaceful protest.
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