'Lukewarmly' definitions:
Definition of 'lukewarmly'
(from WordNet)
adverb
In an unenthusiastically lukewarm manner; "he was lukewarmly received by his relatives" [syn: lukewarmly, tepidly]
Definition of 'Lukewarmly'
From: GCIDE
- Lukewarm \Luke"warm`\ (l[=u]k"w[add]rm`), a. [See Luke.]
- 1. Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent. " Lukewarm blood." --Spenser. " Lukewarm patriots." --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- An obedience so lukewarm and languishing that it merits not the name of passion. --Dryden. -- {Luke"warm`ly}, adv. -- {Luke"warm`ness}, n. [1913 Webster]