inoffensive
inoffensive is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Harmless; doing no injury or mischief. Dryden.
- 2.Not obstructing; presenting no interruption bindrance. [R.] Milton. So have Iseen a river gintly glide In a smooth course, and inoffensive tide. Addison. -- In"of*fen"sive*ly, adv. -- In"of*fen"sive*ness, n.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- above
- acquit
- against
- artless
- babe
- blameless
- bloodless
- clean
- clear
- conscience
- culpa
- curia
- dove
- exculpate
- faultless
- guiltless
- guilty
- harmless
- immaculate
- impeccability
- incorruption
- inculpable
- inerrable
- innocence
- innocent
- innocently
- innocuous
- innoxious
- irreprehensible
- irreproachable
- irreprovable
- lamb
- more
- nil
- not
- pure
- rectus
- safe
- salvable
- sinless
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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