tepidly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

tepid +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

tepidly (comparative more tepidly, superlative most tepidly)

  1. In a tepid or halfhearted manner.
    • 2019 April 10, qntm, “CASE HATE RED”, in SCP Foundation[1], archived from the original on 29 May 2024:
      But... No. Luján broke his violin. That part definitely happened; he remembers it with distressing clarity. His relationship with Luján has never been much more than tepidly professional, but the man was a professional. To vandalise a precious instrument like that would be unthinkable for him, or anybody in the orchestra. There is something wrong.

      With everybody.

      Except him.