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indifferently

adjective

without interest or concern; not caring; apathetic: his indifferent attitude toward the suffering of others.
having no bias, prejudice, or preference; impartial; disinterested.
neither good nor bad in character or quality; average; routine: an indifferent specimen.
not particularly good, important, etc.; unremarkable; unnotable: an indifferent success; an indifferent performance.
of only moderate amount, extent, etc.
not making a difference, or mattering, one way or the other.
immaterial or unimportant.
not essential or obligatory, as an observance.
making no difference or distinction, as between persons or things: indifferent justice.
neutral in chemical, electric, or magnetic quality.
Biology. not differentiated or specialized, as cells or tissues.

noun

an ethically or morally indifferent act.
a person who is indifferent, especially in matters of religion or politics.

adverb

Archaic. indifferently: I am indifferent well.

adjective

(often foll by to) showing no care or concern; uninterestedhe was indifferent to my pleas
unimportant; immaterial
1. of only average or moderate size, extent, quality, etc
2. not at all good; poor
showing or having no preferences; impartial
biology
1. (of cells or tissues) not differentiated or specialized
2. (of a species) not found in any particular community

adv.

c.1400, from indifferent + -ly (2).

adj.

late 14c., “unbiased,” from Old French indifferent “impartial” or directly from Latin indifferentem (nominative indifferens) “not differing, not particular, of not consequence, neither good nor evil,” from in- “not, opposite of” (see in- (1)) + differens, present participle of differre “set apart” (see differ). Extended sense of “apathetic” first recorded early 15c.; that of “neither good nor bad” 1530s, on notion of “neither more nor less advantageous.”

adj.

Characterized by a lack of partiality; unbiased.
Not active or involved; neutral.
Undifferentiated, as cells or tissue.