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nonacerbic en · ADJ

Etymology

From non- + acerbic.

Meanings

1. Not acerbic; amicable.
   • This racially/ethnically mixed, mostly 18-year-old, mostly white group of freshmen were able to have a thoughtful, nonacerbic conversation about race relations through a discussion of Tocqueville's ovservations and hypotheses. 1998 December, James E Jones, “Divided by Color: Some Reflections”, in The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, volume 34, number 4, page 437:
   • Shortly after the midterms in 1966, Nixon carefully assembled a national campaign staff and began projecting a new, friendlier image to the voters—the New Nixon—relaxed, smiling, and nonacerbic. 2018, Donald T. Critchlow, Republican Character: From Nixon to Reagan, page 117:
   • Perhaps the Committee on Accreditation, which under the leadership of Robert Hayes did a masterful job of holding broadly based and yet nonacerbic meetings to discuss the purpose of accreditation, is most strategically positioned to tackle this issue. 1991 Fall-Winter, Herbert S. White, “Bibliographic instruction and the library school curriculum”, in Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, volume 32, number 3/4, page 199:

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