All 17 Uses of
indifferent
in
The Return of the Native
- The elder traveller nodded his head indifferently, and the reddleman turned his horses and van in upon the turf, saying, "Good night."†
Chpt 1
- "Thomasin is now staying at her aunt's shut up in a bedroom, and keeping out of everybody's sight," he said indifferently.†
Chpt 1
- Often a drop of irony into an indifferent situation renders the whole piquant.†
Chpt 1
- Damon, how strange it seems that you could have married her or me indifferently, and only have come to me because I am—cheapest!†
Chpt 1
- She was at the modulating point between indifference and love, at the stage called "having a fancy for."
Chpt 2 *indifference = not being interested
- On the question of recognition she was somewhat indifferent.†
Chpt 2
- VII A Coalition between Beauty and Oddness The old captain's prevailing indifference to his granddaughter's movements left her free as a bird to follow her own courses; but it so happened that he did take upon himself the next morning to ask her why she had walked out so late.†
Chpt 2
- But in spite of possibilities it was not likely that Thomasin would accept this Ishmaelitish creature while she had a cousin like Yeobright at her elbow, and Wildeve at the same time not absolutely indifferent.†
Chpt 2
- Well, these sad and hopeless obstacles are welcome in one sense, for they enable us to look with indifference upon the cruel satires that Fate loves to indulge in.†
Chpt 3
- Venn went to the public room, called for a mug of ale, and inquired of the maid in an indifferent tone if Mr. Wildeve was at home.†
Chpt 4
- You seem very indifferent about it.†
Chpt 4
- She looked at the letters as they lay, checked her feeling, and moved indifferently aside; when he gathered them up, and examined them.†
Chpt 5
- Eustacia's face was not visible to Charley as she stood at the doorway, her back being to the sky, and the stable but indifferently lighted; but the wildness of her manner arrested his attention.†
Chpt 5
- She appeared to be utterly indifferent to the circumstance that her bonnet, hair, and garments were becoming wet and disarranged by the moisture of her cold, harsh pillow.†
Chpt 5
- Afterwards he occasionally came in to see if the fire was burning, to ask her if she wanted anything, to tell her that the wind had shifted from south to west, to ask her if she would like him to gather her some blackberries; to all which inquiries she replied in the negative or with indifference.†
Chpt 5
- Had she not by her situation been inclined to hold in indifference all things honoured of the gods and of men she would probably have come away.†
Chpt 5
- Everybody gets so indifferent that I was surprised to know you thought of me.†
Chpt 6
Definition:
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(indifferent) without interestin 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."