All 3 Uses of
indifferent
in
The Scarlet Letter
- Hester Prynne, meanwhile, kept her place upon the pedestal of shame, with glazed eyes, and an air of weary indifference.†
p. 65.5 *indifference = without interest
- "It may be so," said the young clergyman, indifferently, as waiving a discussion that he considered irrelevant or unseasonable.†
p. 123.2indifferently = in a manner that is without interest
- His gestures, his gait, his grizzled beard, his slightest and most indifferent acts, the very fashion of his garments, were odious in the clergyman's sight; a token implicitly to be relied on of a deeper antipathy in the breast of the latter than he was willing to acknowledge to himself.†
p. 130.6indifferent = without interest
Definition:
without interest
in various senses, including:
- unconcerned -- as in "She is indifferent to what is served to eat."
- unsympathetic -- as in "She is indifferent to his needs."
- not of good quality (which may imply average or poor quality depending upon context) -- as in "an indifferent performance"
- impartial -- as in "We need a judge who is indifferent."