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lukewarm


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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