peaceably
Example Sentences
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With rhetoric this charged, it’s hard to see how these two factions will be able to reunite peaceably.
From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026
One hundred silkworms can hang around peaceably in a small space, whereas 100 confined spiders will attack one another, until only one or two are left alive.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 19, 2023
It’s a little harder to hate somebody when you’ve peaceably shared a dance floor.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 27, 2023
But I can admire it, peaceably, from afar.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2022
La Perouse followed his royal orders to behave peaceably but complained that the natives “believed our forbearance inexhaustible.”
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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