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unwarlike
adjective
uk /ʌnˈwɔː.laɪk/ us /ʌnˈwɔːr.laɪk/
not often involved in or eager to start wars:
The ancient Greeks were a most unwarlike people.
The prince was a timid and unwarlike youth.
Opposite
warlike
All of the people that we encountered appeared to be friendly and quite unwarlike.
Like many other unwarlike men, he was appalled by the noise and squalor of the trenches.
Akhenaten proved to be an unwarlike ruler who devoted most of his time and energy to religion.
The islanders had become accustomed to living in unwarlike isolation.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Peaceful and tranquil
balm
beatitude
consonance
coolness
dust
low-traffic
lull
non-militant
peaceable
peaceably
quieten
restfully
restfulness
sequestered
sleepiness
sleepy
soothing
the calm before the stormidiom
the dust settlesidiom
the lull before the stormidiom
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