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Peaceful
Answer for the clue "Peaceful ", 6 letters:
irenic
Alternative clues for the word irenic
Word definitions for irenic in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1864; see eirenic .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Irenic \I*ren"ic\, Irenical \I*ren"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?.] Fitted or designed to promote peace; pacific; conciliatory; peaceful. --Bp. Hall.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context chiefly theology English) Promoting or fitted to promote peace; conciliatory, non-confrontational; peaceful.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. conducive to peace; "irenic without being namby-pamby"; "an irenic attitude toward former antagonists"
Usage examples of irenic.
His visage was irenic, formed in a mold of habitual beatitude or boredom, as if he knew from experience that nothing in life could ruffle his composure.
The arras was tattered around the edges, and had a carefully repaired rent down its center halfway through the striving, irenic figure of Berek Halfhand.