lukewarmly
(ad.)溫和地;冷淡地
Luke·warm a.
1. Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid.
2. Not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent. “ Lukewarm blood.” --Spenser. “ Lukewarm patriots.”
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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lukewarmly
adv : in an unenthusiastically lukewarm manner; "he was lukewarmly
received by his relatives" [syn: tepidly]