Meaning & use
indifferently
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In a manner showing no particular interest, concern, or preference.
See it in a sentence
She shrugged indifferently when asked which restaurant she preferred.
The clerk waved us through indifferently without looking up from his phone.
A note on using this word
It can also carry an older sense of "moderately" or "neither well nor badly," as in performing a task indifferently.
Words with a similar meaning
apatheticallyunconcernedly
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Another way to use it
2. adverb
In a mediocre or moderate manner; neither well nor badly.
The team played indifferently throughout the first half.
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