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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lukewarm \Luke"warm`\, a. [See {Luke}.]
Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid; not ardent; not
zealous; cool; indifferent. `` Lukewarm blood.'' --Spenser.
`` Lukewarm patriots.'' --Addison.
An obedience so lukewarm and languishing that it merits
not the name of passion. --Dryden.
-- {Luce"warm`ly}, adv -- {Luce"warm`ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
lukewarm
adj 1: moderately warm; "he hates lukewarm coffee"; "tepid bath
water" [syn: {tepid}]
2: feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm; "a
halfhearted effort"; "gave only lukewarm support to the
candidate" [syn: {halfhearted}]
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