Bland: Definition and part of speech

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Bland

  1. a. Having soft and soothing qualities; not drastic or irritating; not stimulating; as, a bland oil; a bland diet.
  2. a. Mild; soft; gentle; smooth and soothing in manner; suave; as, a bland temper; bland persuasion; a bland sycophant.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

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