Nonhostile

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not hostile; free of hostility not-comparable

    ""People are grappling with it, and they're doing it in a nonhostile atmosphere," he said."

Example

More examples

""People are grappling with it, and they're doing it in a nonhostile atmosphere," he said."

Etymology

From non- + hostile.

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