nonbombastic en · ADJ
Etymology
From non- + bombastic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not bombastic.
The Obama administration seems to have adopted a nonbombastic approach to dealing with Venezuela, even as it was faced with questions over a referendum campaign here which had been marked by attacks by pro-Chávez partisans on institutions viewed as critical of Mr. Chávez, like the Israeli Embassy and the Vatican ’s diplomatic mission, and threats against prominent opponents of the president.
2009 February 15, Simon Romero, “Chávez Says He’d Talk With Obama ‘Any Day’”, in New York Times: