From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishanodynean‧o‧dyne1 /ˈænədaɪn/ adjective formal OFFENDexpressed in a way that is unlikely to offend anyone SYN bland anodyne topics of conversation
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anodyne• The introductions in both books are anodyne and brief.• He thus seems to go too far initially, and then shrink back to an anodyne conclusion.• Curiously anodyne music from heroes that hip-hop forgot.• For the next five years, until his death in 1953, he ground out anodyne pieces.• The only consultations now were with Beckman's market research consultancy over anodyne questions of marketing.anodyneanodyne2 noun [countable] 1 MH technical a medicine that reduces pain SYN painkiller2 formalCOMFORT/MAKE somebody FEEL BETTER an activity or thing that comforts peopleOrigin anodyne1 (1500-1600) Latin anodynus, from Greek, from an- “without” + odyne “pain” 