indifferently

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin differō Latin differēns Latin indifferēns Old French indifferent English indifferent 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 indifferently From indifferent + -ly.

1. In an indifferent manner.
2. In an indifferent manner.

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

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

3. In an indifferent manner.

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

   “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.”