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adjective

Lukewarm adj.

Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid.

Not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent. " Lukewarm blood." " Lukewarm patriots." "An obedience so lukewarm and languishing that it merits not the name of passion."

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Etymology of 'Lukewarm'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Lukewarm" Quotes from Famous Books

... rapture at the sum, and pride in the smartness with which he had managed the whole affair, he saw himself catching her up and dancing about the floor with her. He thought how fond of her he was, and he wondered that he could ever have been cold or lukewarm. ...

— A Modern Instance • William Dean Howells

... many things, and shown That lukewarm loves for men who die are best, Weak wine of liking let them mix alone, Not Love, that stings the soul within the breast; Happy, who wears his love-bonds lightliest, Now cherished, now away at random thrown! Grievous it is for other's grief to moan, ...

— Rhymes a la Mode • Andrew Lang

... a bird skin which requires such treatment to prepare for mounting, wash it first in lukewarm ammonia water with mild soap. Squeeze from this washing and put through a bath of half-and-half alcohol and spirits of turpentine. Squeeze from this thoroughly and run through benzine. Compress and relax the skin repeatedly ...

— Taxidermy • Leon Luther Pray

... plot, seemed rather obsolete in spite of the majestic beauty, of the music; or, perhaps, the very tame end left the same cold impression as Devrient's dramatic failure. In any case there was no real enthusiasm, and the only sign of approval was a rather lukewarm call for the celebrated master, who, covered with numerous decorations, made a sad impression on me as he bowed his thanks to the audience for their very ...

— My Life, Volume I • Richard Wagner

... political situation of a whole republic, and led perhaps to the exile of a sixth part of the enfranchised population.[4] After this would follow the intrigues of the outlaws eager to return, including negotiations with lukewarm party-leaders in the city, alliances with hostile states, and contracts which compromised the future conduct of the commonwealth in the interest of a few revengeful citizens. The biographies of such men as Cosimo de' Medici the elder and Filippo Strozzi throw the ...

— Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) • John Addington Symonds

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