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indifferently

indifferently adverb: tolerably; passably.

Adverb

indifferently (comparative more indifferently, superlative most indifferently)

  1. Tolerably; passably.
  2. 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?c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
    • And make diuiſion equally,
      Of each mans goods indifferently, […]1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], →OCLC, Act I
  3. Without great care; without sufficient attention or thought.
    • They might have been lifted bodily out of an indifferently written American crime novel.1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 3, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 222
    • 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.1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 251

indifferently meaning in Tamil

indifferently in Tamil

வாளா

Forms of indifferently

comparativemore indifferently
superlativemost indifferently

Origin of indifferently

From indifferent + -ly.

Questions about indifferently

What does indifferently mean?
Indifferently means tolerably; passably.
What is indifferently in Tamil?
Indifferently in Tamil is வாளா. See Indifferently meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is indifferently?
Indifferently is an adverb.

Words near indifferently in the dictionary

  1. indifferentism
  2. indifferentisms
  3. indifferentist
  4. indifferentistic
  5. indifferentists
  6. indifferently
  7. indifferentness
  8. indifferents
  9. indiffusible
  10. indifuscin
  11. indify

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