nonhostile

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • non-hostile

Etymology[edit]

non- +‎ hostile

Adjective[edit]

nonhostile (not comparable)

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