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[syn: lukewarmly, tepidly]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lukewarm \Luke"warm`\ (l[=u]k"w[add]rm`), a. [See Luke.]
1. Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid.
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2. Not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent. " Lukewarm
blood." --Spenser. " Lukewarm patriots." --Addison.
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An obedience so lukewarm and languishing that it
merits not the name of passion. --Dryden.
-- Luke"warm`ly, adv. -- Luke"warm`ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lukewarmly
adv 1: in an unenthusiastically lukewarm manner; "he was
lukewarmly received by his relatives" [syn: lukewarmly,
tepidly]