nonhostile

English

Alternative forms

• non-hostile

Etymology

From non- +‎ hostile.

Adjective

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.