Indifferently

adv

adv ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In an indifferent manner.; Tolerably; passably.
  2. 2
    In an indifferent manner.; Without distinction; impartially, objectively.

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

  3. 3
    In an indifferent manner.; Without great care; without sufficient attention or thought.

    "They might have been lifted bodily out of an indifferently written American crime novel."

Adverb
  1. 1
    with indifference; in an indifferent manner wordnet

Example

More examples

"Attendance had been falling off and such people as did come sat about indifferently."

Etymology

From indifferent + -ly.

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