| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm.[Wordnet]
2. Wanting in heart or spirit; ungenerous; unkind.[Websters] 3. Lacking zeal or courage; lukewarm.[Websters] 4. Being indifferent, lukewarm, unsympathetic, apathetic or uninterested. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being hesitant, irresolute or indecisive. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being lackadaisical or languid. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being listless or supine. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being unconcerned, nonchalant, incurious or disinterested. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Being undetermined or indeterminate. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb half-heartedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (half-heartedly) | 1. Without enthusiasm; in a half-hearted manner; "she tried half-heartedly".[Wordnet]. 2. In an indifferent or apathetic manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In a listless or supine manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. In an unmoved or insensitive manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. In an undetermined, infirm or unresolved manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 6. In a languid or backward manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 7. In a cold or weak manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 8. In a frigid or unaffected manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 9. In a faint or bloodless manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Rarely used adverbial inflection of the adjective half-hearted.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | Top | |
Date "HALF-HEARTED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
