nonacerbic
adjEtymology From non- + acerbic.
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Not acerbic; amicable.
- 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:
- 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:
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- 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: