adv
Meaning 1
In a lukewarm manner, tepidly, without enthusiasm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
lukewarmly
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adverb
Meaning 2
in an unenthusiastically lukewarm manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he was lukewarmly received by his relatives
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tepidly
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Middle English leuk Proto-Germanic *warmaz Proto-West Germanic *warm Old English wearm Middle English warm Middle English leukwarm English lukewarm Middle English -ly English -ly English lukewarmly From lukewarm + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: penseästi — in a lukewarm manner
- Georgian: ნელთბილად (neltbilad) — in a lukewarm manner
- Macedonian: млако (mlako) — in a lukewarm manner
- Norman: tchièdement — in a lukewarm manner
- Polish: letnio — in a lukewarm manner
- Serbo-Croatian: мла̑ко — in a lukewarm manner
- Serbo-Croatian: mlȃko — in a lukewarm manner
- Spanish: tibiamente — in a lukewarm manner