Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Middle English form of
peaceable .
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Examples
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Je vous souhaite tous un weekend paisible et un grand appétit de vivre!
Archive 2008-06-01 2008
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I had never before noticed the austerity of the Espinasse family tombstone, and find it paisible.
Words in a French Life Kristin Espinasse 2007
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Enfin, j'ai toujours un iBook blanc de la première génération qui, après un changement de carte mère (tiens, tiens…), continue sa paisible existence (bonne machine à écrire de dépannage au cas où).
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PAISIBLEMENT, d'une manière paisible; tranquillement.
French Conversation and Composition Harry Vincent Wann
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Guerre d'Escosse, traitant comme le Royaume fut assailly, & en grand 'partie occupé par les Anglois, & depuis rendu paisible à sa Reyne, & reduit en son ancien estat & dignité, Par Ian de Beaugué, gentilhomme
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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Assis sur la margelle, les mains dans les manches de sa robe, il contemplait avec un paisible etonnement les choses de la nuit.
Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations John Cowper Powys 1917
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Desportes invoking 'Sommeil, paisible fils de la nuit solitaire' (in the collection entitled 'Amours d'Hippolyte'). {101b} But, throughout
A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles Sidney Lee 1892
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"C'est bien plaisant, c'est bien paisible," said this worthy man, with whom I had some conversation; and pleasant and peaceful is the place indeed, tho the former of these epithets may suggest an element of gayety in which Aigues-Mortes is deficient.
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 3 France and the Netherlands, Part 1 Various 1885
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"C'est bien plaisant, c'est bien paisible," said this worthy man, with whom I had some conversation; and pleasant and peaceful is the place indeed, though the former of these epithets may suggest an element of gaiety in which
A Little Tour of France Henry James 1879
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One old woman might have been "la paisible amie," the tranquil friend, to whom the novelist dedicated a novel.
In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" Matilda Betham-Edwards 1877
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