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UK
/pˈiːsfəlnəs/
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[ US /ˈpisfəɫnəs/ ]
[ US /ˈpisfəɫnəs/ ]
NOUN
- the absence of mental stress or anxiety
- a state that is calm and tranquil
How To Use peacefulness In A Sentence
- After that you might as well drink to the peacefulness too, uninterrupted but for the clack of a distant tractor.
- Even the Ayurvedic acharyas prescribe the chanting of the Vishnu Sahasranamam for getting the physical-oral-psychological peacefulness and for curing diseases.
- Leaving the cosmopolitan town of modern Cairo, the iron bridges, and the pretentious hotels, with their flaunting inscriptions, it imparts a sense of sudden peacefulness to pass along the large and rapid waters of this river, between the curtains of palm-trees on the banks, borne by a dahabiya where one is master and, if one likes, may be alone. Egypt (La Mort de Philae)
- Nonetheless, I'm grateful to be back in the laid-back peacefulness of my favourite University town.
- When we do see the dead couple, they are in a state of peacefulness and repose.
- My favorite medium is artistic photography because it is real and has that peacefulness and beauty in it.
- To those unfamiliar with the peacefulness of Europe, a reminder is inorder. The Volokh Conspiracy » Life-Without-Parole Sentence for Under-18 Offender Unconstitutional, When the Crime Is Not Homicide
- I do not know why I should have brought away from these two places a peacefulness of mind such as seldom follows a visit to show-places, but the fact is so; perhaps it was because we drove to and from them, and were not so tired as footworn sight-seers are, or so rebellious. Familiar Spanish Travels
- The sunset was magically charming, dyeing everything with a touch of peacefulness and dreaminess . Now a gentle breeze rose up, carrying with it the mentally refreshing scent.
- Eventually she cried herself to sleep again and he held her as she slumbered, the evenness and peacefulness of her breathing seeming to keep his own mind and heart from fear and despair and sorrow.