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Definition of Indifferently
1. Adverb. With indifference; in an indifferent manner. "She shrugged indifferently"
Definition of Indifferently
1. adv. In an indifferent manner; without distinction or preference; impartially; without concern, wish, affection, or aversion; tolerably; passably.
Definition of Indifferently
1. Adverb. In an indifferent manner. ¹
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Definition of Indifferently
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Indifferently
Literary usage of Indifferently
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, James Edwin Thorold Rogers (1869)
"These must be paid indifferently from whatever revenue the contributors may
possess; from the rent of their land, from the profits of their stock, ..."
2. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1846)
"... the gossamer owes its origin indifferently to the young of several genera of
spiders; although, as we have seen, the young of other spiders do possess ..."
3. A Treatise on Wills by Thomas Jarman, Joseph Fitz Randolph, William Talcott (1881)
"... tenants in common would not be consistent with an estate descending from A.]
Effect where "issue" and "children" have elsewhere been used indifferently. ..."
4. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"We had not above fifty slain outright and 120 wounded, and the damage to our
ships was euch as in two days' time we indifferently well repaired for present ..."
5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1850)
"... my Lord Dillon marched out with the Irish Garison, being not above 2300 Men,
and those but indifferently armed and worse cloathed, they had six Pieces ..."
6. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"The honours of the state and army were indifferently bestowed on all the subjects
of Constantino and Constantius; and a considerable portion of knowledge ..."
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