nonhostile

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English

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Alternative forms

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  • non-hostile

Etymology

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From non- +‎ hostile.

Adjective

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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.