Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-DIF'FER-ENT-LY
IN-DIF'FER-ENT-ISMIN'DI-GENCE, or IN'DI-GEN-CY
IN-DIF'FER-ENT-LY, adv.
- Without distinction or preference; as, to offer pardon indifferently to all. Addison.
- Equally; impartially; without favor, prejudice or bias. They may truly and indifferently minister justice. Common Prayer.
- In a neutral state; without concern; without wish or aversion. Set honor in one eye and death i' th' other, / And I will look on death indifferently. Shak.
- Not well; tolerably; passably; as, indifferently well; to be indifferently entertained.
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