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With little enthusiasm or interest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonyms: unenthusiastically, lukewarmly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unenthusiastically, lukewarmly
Antonyms: wholeheartedly, enthusiastically
Etymology tree English halfhearted 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 halfheartedly From halfhearted + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
sense ganes
— in a half-hearted manner
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French:
sans enthousiasme
— in a half-hearted manner
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French:
sans y croire
— in a half-hearted manner
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German:
halbherzig
— in a half-hearted manner
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Hindi:
बेमन से
(beman se)
— in a half-hearted manner
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Hindi:
बेदिली से
(bedilī se)
— in a half-hearted manner
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Italian:
tiepidamente
— in a half-hearted manner
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Polish:
na pół gwizdka
— in a half-hearted manner
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Portuguese:
sem vontade
— in a half-hearted manner
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Portuguese:
sem entusiasmo
— in a half-hearted manner
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Spanish:
desganadamente
— in a half-hearted manner
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Swedish:
halvhjärtat
— in a half-hearted manner
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Turkish:
isteksizce
— in a half-hearted manner
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Turkish:
gönülsüzce
— in a half-hearted manner
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Turkish:
istemeden
— in a half-hearted manner