释义 |
peaceablyadv.Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peaceable adj., -ly suffix2. Etymology: < peaceable adj. + -ly suffix2. Compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French paisiblement (c1120 in Anglo-Norman). society > armed hostility > peace > [adverb] society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > [adverb] > peaceably a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1965) Psalms xxxiv. 20 To me, forsoþe, pesibly þei speeken, & in þe wrathe of þe erþe spekinge, trecheries þei thoȝten. 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith (1870) 52 Honestliche and peysiblyche to gon to þe forseyd chirch. c1449 R. Pecock (1860) 363 (MED) Regniden in successioun euermore oon emperour after an other pesibili to gidere. a1450 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Lamb.) (1887) i. 7300 Ȝyf swylk be comen, & peysibly þe hauene han nomen, in pes lat þem take þer rest. 1535 Zach. viii. 16 Execute iudgment truly and peaceably. 1599 T. Nashe 20 Not any where is..a warlike people peaceablier demeanourd. 1600 W. Shakespeare v. ii. 65 Thou and I are too wise to wooe peaceably [1623 peaceablie] . View more context for this quotation a1661 T. Fuller (1662) Lanc. 114 In that Age such mortified men were presumed the most proper Persons, peaceably to compremise differences between the greatest Princes. 1709 J. Addison No. 96. ⁋2 Good Subjects, that pay their Taxes, and live peaceably in their Habitations. 1742 H. Fielding II. iv. viii. 235 He may be able, peaceably, quietly, and contentedly to resign it. View more context for this quotation 1776 E. Gibbon I. iii. 77 The truth of which could not be safely disputed, and Hadrian was peaceably acknowledged as his lawful successor. 1821 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in (1984) 71 The good sense..of the people..agreed with one voice to elect deputies to a general convention, who should peaceably meet and agree on such a constitution as [etc.]. 1855 T. B. Macaulay III. xii. 190 With assurances that the city should be peaceably surrendered. 1914 E. R. Burroughs xii. 149 Disputes and quarrels constantly arose which only the king might settle peaceably. 1961 28 Dec. 7/4 They have conducted themselves peaceably at all times. 1990 P. Ustinov xiv. 175 Here is proof that people with very different traditions can live peaceably together. the world > action or operation > inaction > quietness or tranquillity > [adverb] a1382 (Bodl. 959) 2 Kings xix. 30 Also alle take he aftir þat my lord þe kyng is turned aȝeen pesibleli in to his hous. c1390 Charter Abbey Holy Ghost (Laud) in C. Horstmann (1895) I. 339 (MED) To hauen & to holden þis preciouse place..to þe forseyde Adam & to Eue & to alle here eyres, frelyche & pesybelyche wiþ-outen grucchyng of any man. 1420 in E. M. Thompson et al. (1903–12) II. Pl. 249 (MED) Thys ys my wylle þat..he wol suffre her pecebelyche in þes and in alle ouþer londes and goudes. c1475–1600 (a1473) J. Fortescue Declaration in (1869) I. 527 (MED) Kynge Knoght kepte and occupied the same lande..and died peasibly seased tharof. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour (St. John's Cambr.) v. 231 It anoyis me.., That the clyffurd sa pesabilly Brukis and haldis the senȝory That suld be myn. a1500 tr. A. Chartier (Rawl.) (1974) 34 (MED) Dauid..reigned ouir þe people of Israel vertuously and left it aftirward to Salomon, his sone, which helde it peacibly aftir his dissease. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. iii. 25 Disturbe him not, let him passe peaceably . View more context for this quotation 1663 Earl of Galloway's Family Papers 2 July in (1983) V., at Pesabilly To be piesably injoyed occupyed [etc.]. 1727 D. Defoe i. iii. 73 We come to desire your Leave, that we may go peaceably, and do the Duty of our Worship. 1793 tr. A. R. J. Turgot §86. 100 He who lends his money on interest, enjoys it still more peaceably and freely than the possessor of land. 1824 J. Mackintosh 15 June They saw the laws obeyed, justice administered,..and the revenue peaceably collected. 1852 H. B. Stowe I. xi. 167 I don't want anything of your country, except to be let alone,—to go peacably [sic] out of it. a1922 H. Jones (1923) 160 I can even yet see him sitting peaceably, sheltering from the heat in our vine tonnelle. 1989 J. Trollope i. 1 The baby lay peaceably in his carrycot. Compounds society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > [adjective] > peaceable 1772 J. H. Wynne I. i. 91 The most peaceably disposed kings are sometimes obliged to make warlike preparations. 1864 34 260 The natives are a peaceably-disposed people. 1922 Ld. Balfour in J. B. Spencer (1930) viii. 166 Idle dreamers..whose labors can only result..in disarming the peaceably disposed nations of the world, and leaving them an easier prey to those who are not peaceably disposed. society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > [adjective] > peaceable 1648 No. 42. 339 They are peaceable minded men, and of unquestionable integrity and loyalty to His Majesty. 1945 21 119 Great Britain..must..cultivate the closest relations with a resurgent France and with the other peaceably-minded peoples of Western Europe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.a1382 |