All 3 Uses of
neutral
in
Moby Dick
- I do not suppose that for the world they would have profaned that moment with the slightest observation, even upon so neutral a topic as the weather.†
Chpt 34-36 *
- Then opening the slide a little, the Captain whispered something down the crack, closed it, and turned the key upon them—ten in number—leaving on deck some twenty or more, who thus far had remained neutral.†
Chpt 52-54
- Starbuck was an honest, upright man; but out of Starbuck's heart, at that instant when he saw the muskets, there strangely evolved an evil thought; but so blent with its neutral or good accompaniments that for the instant he hardly knew it for itself.†
Chpt 121-123
Definition:
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(neutral as in: played at a neutral site) not favoring any side in a contest, war, disagreement, or other dispute