lukewarmly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Middle English leuk

Proto-Germanic *warmaz

Proto-West Germanic *warm

Old English wearm

Middle English warm

Middle English leukwarm

English lukewarm

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English lukewarmly

From lukewarm + -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

lukewarmly (comparative more lukewarmly, superlative most lukewarmly)

1. In a lukewarm manner, tepidly, without enthusiasm.

Translations

in a lukewarm manner

• Finnish: penseästi (fi)
• Georgian: ნელთბილად (neltbilad)
• Macedonian: млако (mlako)
• Norman: tchièdement (Jersey)
• Polish: letnio (pl)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мла̑ко

  Latin: mlȃko (sh)

• Spanish: tibiamente