threatening
adjective
tending or intended to menace.
unthreateningly
-
a word derived from
threatening.
Example Sentences
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A great early role for the boyish and unthreateningly cherubic Hanks, who at the time was considered by some pundits insufficiently like a leading man.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 26, 2020
Instead his responses are largely sympathetic to Paul’s woes, and when he does counter them, he does so gently and unthreateningly.
From The Verge ● Oct. 19, 2018
The show was a parody of a real TV show, with an unthreateningly attractive host interviewing an unthreateningly attractive doctor.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2012
