indifferently
/ˌɪndˈɪfɹəntli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In an indifferent manner.
adv
In an indifferent manner.
adv
In an indifferent manner.
Example Sentences
- "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, […]"
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-eti 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.
Inflected Forms
more indifferently (comparative)
most indifferently (superlative)