indifferently
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
indifferent + -ly
Adverb[edit]
indifferently (comparative more indifferently, superlative most indifferently)
- In an indifferent manner.
- Tolerably; passably.
- Without distinction; impartially.
- Without great care; without sufficient attention or thought.
- 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 3, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 222:
- They might have been lifted bodily out of an indifferently written American crime novel.
- 1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 251:
- For the first ten years of nationalisation a further note of overall gloom was added by the depressing policy of unimaginative Regional colour schemes, indifferently applied.
Translations[edit]
in an indifferent manner
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