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nondeadly

nondeadly adjective: not deadly.

Adjective

nondeadly (not comparable)

  1. Not deadly.
    • Deputy Rackard’s lawyers, in an appeals court brief last year, said the use of “moderate nondeadly force in the face of spirited, though nonviolent, resistance was a reasonably proportionate response.”2009 March 3, Adam Liptak, “Supreme Court Enters the YouTube Era”, in New York Times

Origin of nondeadly

From non- + deadly.

Questions about nondeadly

What does nondeadly mean?
Nondeadly means not deadly.
What part of speech is nondeadly?
Nondeadly is an adjective.

Words near nondeadly in the dictionary

  1. nonday
  2. nondaytime
  3. nondazzle
  4. nondazzling
  5. nondead
  6. nondeadly
  7. nondeaf
  8. nondealer
  9. nondealers
  10. nondealership
  11. nondeath

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