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nonbombastic

nonbombastic adjective: not bombastic.

Adjective

nonbombastic (not comparable)

  1. Not bombastic.
    • The Obama administration seems to have adopted a nonbombastic approach to dealing with Venezuela, even as it was faced with questions over a referendum campaign here which had been marked by attacks by pro-Chávez partisans on institutions viewed as critical of Mr. Chávez, like the Israeli Embassy...2009 February 15, Simon Romero, “Chávez Says He’d Talk With Obama ‘Any Day’”, in New York Times

Origin of nonbombastic

From non- + bombastic.

Questions about nonbombastic

What does nonbombastic mean?
Nonbombastic means not bombastic.
What part of speech is nonbombastic?
Nonbombastic is an adjective.

Words near nonbombastic in the dictionary

  1. nonboiling
  2. nonbold
  3. nonbolded
  4. nonboldface
  5. nonboldfaced
  6. nonbombastic
  7. nonbond
  8. nonbondable
  9. nonbonded
  10. nonbonding
  11. nonbonds

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