Indifferently

Definition: Indifferently

Indifferently

Adverb

1. With indifference; in an indifferent manner; "she shrugged indifferently".

Date "indifferently" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Crosswords: Indifferently

English words defined with "indifferently": dally ♦ En-, Every now and then ♦ flirt ♦ Glass painting ♦ Janus-faced lock ♦ Neutrally ♦ play ♦ supinely ♦ toy. (references)

Specialty definitions using "indifferently": Colours for Church Decoration ♦ Sunday Saint. (references)

Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	For he being supposed to have all, both legislative and executive power in himself alone, there is no judge to be found, no appeal lies open to any one, who may fairly, and indifferently, and with authority decide, and from whose decision relief and redress may be expected of any injury or inconviency, that may be suffered from the prince, or by his order: so that such a man, however intitled, Czar, or Grand Signior, or how you please, is as much in the state of nature, with all under his dominion, as he is with therest of mankind: for where-ever any two men are, who have no standing rule, and common judge to appeal to on earth, for the determination of controversies of right betwixt them, there they are still in the state of nature, and under all the inconveniencies of it,* with only this woful difference to the subject, or rather slave of an absolute prince: that whereas, in the ordinary state of nature, he has a liberty to judge of his right, and according to the best of his power, to maintain it; now, whenever his property is invaded by the will and order of his monarch, he has not only no appeal, as those in society ought to have, but as if he were degraded from the common state of rational creatures, is denied a liberty to judge of, or to defend his right; and so is exposed to all the misery and inconveniencies, that a man can fear from one, who being in the unrestrained state of nature, is yet corrupted with flattery, and armed with power. (Second Treatise of Government)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	The meaner sort are covered with mats which they make of a kind of bulrush, and are also indifferently tight and warm, but not so good as the former.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Women	Peru	The Human Rights Ombudsman's Office continued to complain that officers react indifferently to charges of domestic violence, even though the law requires all police stations to receive such complaints. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Indifferently" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Indifferently" is used about 78 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adverb (general)	100%	78	37,656

Language		Translations for "indifferently"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		me shpërfillje, disi (kind of, rather, somehow, somewhat), barabar (equally, even, evenly, fifty fifty, level). (various references)

Arabic		‏على نحو معتدل, ‏على نحو غير مخلق, ‏بوساطة, ‏بحيادية, ‏بغير مبالاة, ‏بعدم تحيز. (various references)

Bulgarian		равнодушно (tepidly), с безразличие (lightly, tepidly), горе-долу (approximately, fairly, good enough, in the rough, much, pretty, roughly, so so, sort of), безучастно (blankly), безпристрастно (objectively), посредствено (in mediocre way, so so). (various references)

Czech		lhostejnì (aloof, apathetically). (various references)

Finnish		välinpitämättömästi (with indifference). (various references)

French		indifféremment. (various references)

German		gleichgültige (languorously), gleichgültig (apathetic, casual, dry, immaterial, indifferent, languorous, nonchalant, nonchalantly, supine, trivial, uncaring, unconcerned, unconcernedly, unheeding, unimportant, uninterested, unresponsive). (various references)

Hungarian		közömbösen (disinterestedly, impassively, listlessly, unconcernedly). (various references)

Pig Latin		indifferentlyay

Portuguese		indiferentemente, neutro (impartial, laodicean, neutral), desinteressadamente, de modo vulgar, de modo banal. (various references)

Romanian		indiferent (all one, all the same, anywhere, apathetic, apathetical, careless, chill, cool, dull, impassive, indifferent, inhuman, insensible, insensitive, lackadaisical, languid, listless, nonchalant, numb, perfunctory, phlegmatic, pococurante, reckless, remiss, slack, slow, sluggish, stolid, unconcerned, unimportant, unmoved). (various references)

Russian		равнодушно. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		svakojako (so so), ravnodušno (blankly), nepristrasno (objectively). (various references)

Spanish		indiferentemente, regularmente (regularly), desinteresadamente. (various references)

Swedish		medelmåttigt, likgiltigt, dåligt (badly, poorly). (various references)

Turkish		vasat biçimde, tarafsızca (detachedly, dispassionately, fairly, neutrally, objectively), kayıtsızca (fecklessly, lukewarmly), kötü şekilde, aldırışsızca. (various references)

Ukranian		безсторонньо (objectively), байдуже (all one, all the same, aloof, blankly, cold-bloodedly, vacantly), посередньо (circumstantiality, meanly, middling, moderately). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	indifferente, neglegenter. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Misspellings
	"Indifferently" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: indiffrently, undifferently. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "indifferently" (pronounced 'In*dif"fer*ent*ly'): Abandonedly, Abasedly, Abashedly, Abhorrently, Abidingly, Abjectly, Abnormally, Abominably, Aboriginally, Abortively, Abruptly, Absently, Absolutely, Absorbedly, Abstinently, Abstractedly, Abstractively, Abstractly, Abstrusely, Absurdly, Abundantly, Abusively, Abysmally, Academically, Accentually, Acceptably, Acceptedly, Accessarily, Accessibly, Accessorily, Accidentally, Accommodately, Accordantly, Accordingly, Accountably, Accurately, Accusatively, Accusatorially, Accusingly, Accustomably, Accustomarily, Achromatically, Acidly, Acknowledgedly, Acoustically, Acquiescently, Acquisitively, Acridly, Acrimoniously, Acrocephaly. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-e-f-f-i-i-l-n-n-r-t-y"
	-2 letters: differently, indifferent.
	-3 letters: definitely, interfiled, interlined, reidentify.
	-4 letters: denitrify, different, infertile, infielder, interfile, interlend, interline.
	-5 letters: definite, entirely, felinity, fidelity, filtered, finitely, flintier, friendly, identify, indenter, intender, interned, lientery, niffered, tenderly, tiffined, trendily.
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