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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peaceful \Peace"ful\, a.
1. 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
2. Not disposed or tending to war, tumult or agitation;
pacific; mild; calm; peaceable; as peaceful words
Syn: See {Peaceable}. --{Peace"ful*ly}, adv.. --
{Peace"ful*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
peaceful
adj 1: not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war; "a peaceful
nation"; "peaceful times"; "a far from peaceful
Christmas"; "peaceful sleep" [ant: {unpeaceful}]
2: peacefully resistant in response to injustice; "passive
resistance" [syn: {passive}]
3: (of groups) not violent or disorderly; "the right of
peaceful assembly" [syn: {law-abiding}]
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