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nonhostile

nonhostile adjective: not hostile; free of hostility.

Adjective

nonhostile (not comparable)

  1. Not hostile; free of hostility
    • "People are grappling with it, and they're doing it in a nonhostile atmosphere," he said.1988 February 5, David Moberg, “Jackson and Simon in Iowa”, in Chicago Reader

Origin of nonhostile

From non- + hostile.

Questions about nonhostile

What does nonhostile mean?
Nonhostile means not hostile; free of hostility.
What part of speech is nonhostile?
Nonhostile is an adjective.

Words near nonhostile in the dictionary

  1. nonhospitalists
  2. nonhospitality
  3. nonhospitalized
  4. nonhospitals
  5. nonhost
  6. nonhostile
  7. nonhostility
  8. nonhosts
  9. nonhot
  10. nonhotel
  11. nonhourly

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