nonhostile

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adjective

Not hostile; free of hostility

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Meanings

adjectivenonhostile (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot 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

From non- + hostile.

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Cite this entry
APA

nonhostile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonhostile

MLA

“nonhostile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonhostile. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonhostile,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonhostile.

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