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nonwild

nonwild adjective: not wild.

Adjective

nonwild (not comparable)

  1. Not wild.
    • There was some wild free improvising in the middle, building up to a meticulous and completely nonwild solo by Mr. Weiss, exploring not only all of his cymbals but all the areas of each cymbal, from rustles to darker, gonglike sounds.2009 June 25, Ben Ratliff, “Mixing the Prepared With the Impromptu”, in New York Times

Origin of nonwild

From non- + wild.

Questions about nonwild

What does nonwild mean?
Nonwild means not wild.
What part of speech is nonwild?
Nonwild is an adjective.

Words near nonwild in the dictionary

  1. nonwhites
  2. nonwhole
  3. nonwholesale
  4. nonwidowed
  5. nonwife
  6. nonwild
  7. nonwilderness
  8. nonwildlife
  9. nonwind
  10. nonwinding
  11. nonwindowed

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