All 7 Uses
indifferent
in
The Secret Garden
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- Mary said nothing at all, and Mrs. Medlock looked rather discomfited by her apparent indifference, but, after taking a breath, she went on.†
p. 12.8 *indifference = without interest
- But she had always had a very small appetite, and she looked with something more than indifference at the first plate Martha set before her.†
p. 27.5
- "I don't know what it is to be hungry," said Mary, with the indifference of ignorance.†
p. 27.9
- "Everyone is obliged to do what pleases me," he said indifferently.†
p. 113.1indifferently = in a manner that is without interest
- "I don't suppose I shall," he answered as indifferently as he had spoken before.†
p. 114.5
- Colin put on his favorite air of dignified indifference to opinion.†
p. 222.1indifference = without interest
- The first time after a year's absence he returned to Misselthwaite and the small miserable looking thing languidly and indifferently lifted to his face the great gray eyes with black lashes round them, so like and yet so horribly unlike the happy eyes he had adored, he could not bear the sight of them and turned away pale as death.†
p. 254.5indifferently = in a manner that is without interest
Definitions:
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(1)
(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."
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)