indifferently

English

Etymology

indifferent +‎ -ly

Adverb

indifferently (comparative more indifferently, superlative most indifferently)

1. In an indifferent manner.
   1. Tolerably; passably.
   2. Without distinction; impartially, objectively.
      • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:

        Uiew wel my Camp, and ſpeake indifferently,
        Doo not my captaines and my ſouldiers looke
        As if they meant to conquer Affrica?

      • 1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], Act I:

        And make diuiſion equally,
        Of each mans goods indifferently, […]

   3. 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

in an indifferent manner

• Catalan: indiferentment
• Czech: lhostejně
• Esperanto: indiferente (eo)
• Finnish: välinpitämättömästi (fi), mitäänsanomattomasti
• Georgian: ინდიფერენტულად (indiperenṭulad), გულგრილად (gulgrilad)
• Irish: ar nós cuma liom
• Spanish: indiferentemente