Nonacerbic

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not acerbic; amicable.

    "Perhaps the Committee on Accreditation, which under the leadership of Robert Hayes did a masterful job of holding broadly based and yet nonacerbic meetings to discuss the purpose of accreditation, is most strategically positioned to tackle this issue."

Example

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"Perhaps the Committee on Accreditation, which under the leadership of Robert Hayes did a masterful job of holding broadly based and yet nonacerbic meetings to discuss the purpose of accreditation, is most strategically positioned to tackle this issue."

Etymology

From non- + acerbic.

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