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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- ▲ Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin differō Latin differēns Latin indifferēns Old French indifferent English indifferent 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 indifferently ▲ English un- ▲ English indifferent English unindifferent ▲ English -ly English unindifferently From un- + indifferently, or from unindifferent + -ly.
Meanings
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Without indifference. ▸ Not unconcernedly.
"His subjects?" The Raja seemed puzzled. "Ah," he exclaimed not unindifferently, but as if a light had broken in, "I see you mean the King of England. What terms does His Majesty propose?"
2022, Louise Jordan Miln, The Green Goddess:Near-synonym: interestedly
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(archaic) Without indifference. ▸ Not unbiasedly.
See, I pray you, how some men […] have vniustly censured, and vnindifferently esteemed the goods, and those graces which they haue bestowed vpon vs. They complaine because wee equall not Elephants in bulke of bodie, Harts in swiftnesse, Birds in lightnesse, Bulls in force.
1614, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Thomas Lodge, The Workes of Lucius Annaeus Seneca, page 36:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| most unindifferently | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more unindifferently | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |