peaceably

1. 1.

   in a peaceable manner

   “the tenant paying the rent hereby reserved and performing the several covenants herein on his part contained shall peaceably hold and enjoy the demised premises”

   Synonymspacifically

Questions about peaceably

What does peaceably mean?

peaceably means "in a peaceable manner".

How many syllables are in peaceably?

peaceably has 3 syllables: pea-cea-bly. The stress falls on "pea". In IPA it is /ˈpisəbli/.

What is another word for peaceably?

Close synonyms include pacifically. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is peaceably a common word?

peaceably is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.