Adjective : a halfhearted attempt to work. From Dictionary.com.
It's snowing kind of halfheartedly, but the wind more than makes up for it: it may be fine powdery snow, but it's coming down sideways. From Wordnik.com. [your hands are law] Reference
He shuddered, struggled halfheartedly, and gave in. From Wordnik.com. [The Tiger in the Smoke]
On numerous occasions I halfheartedly tried to quit. From Wordnik.com. [The Price Of Smoking] Reference
The dog growled halfheartedly as their hands touched. From Wordnik.com. [Slightly Married]
No, and we're not going to do it halfheartedly, either. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 14, 2006] Reference
They trudged back around the lake, shouting halfheartedly. From Wordnik.com. [Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves]
'She's not as bad as that,' protested Mother halfheartedly. From Wordnik.com. [My Family and Other Animals]
Tom listened halfheartedly to the chatter of his unit mates. From Wordnik.com. [The Space Pioneers] Reference
He winked at her halfheartedly, the graying father once more. From Wordnik.com. [Oberheim (Voices)] Reference
Dapsl sighed and pulled halfheartedly on three of his braids. From Wordnik.com. [Fire Dancer]
"Oh, I ought to get on after July," Roscoe said, halfheartedly. From Wordnik.com. [Lonesome Dove]
A few people clapped in recognition, and she waved halfheartedly. From Wordnik.com. [Hoot]
The media talks about it halfheartedly for about a day and a half. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central Sunday Roundup] Reference
Otherwise, they will support him only halfheartedly or not at all. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
The others may choose not to play or will do so only halfheartedly. From Wordnik.com. [Douglas J. Elliott: Implications of the Bank Stress Tests] Reference
Even Obama's campaign has halfheartedly acknowledged its transgression. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central Saturday Roundup] Reference
The headquarters building was afire, sputtering halfheartedly in the rain. From Wordnik.com. [The White Rose]
Carlisle stood at the plate, and the others joined the game halfheartedly. From Wordnik.com. [Twilight]
He just shook his head, halfheartedly reamed me out, and then left us alone. From Wordnik.com. [Rogue Warrior]
The bear swiped at it halfheartedly and swung around to meet the second dog. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
(The name makes her wince now, and she halfheartedly insisted it wasn't true.). From Wordnik.com. [McCain’s Mrs. Right] Reference
He had become quite loud about it, and I halfheartedly went along to "be cool.". From Wordnik.com. [Paul Katz: Barbra Streisand's Masterpiece Yentl Finally on DVD] Reference
“So to win our friendship, you take me by force,” she sneered halfheartedly. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Book of Stormgate]
It bounced off halfheartedly, and the few matches left in tumbled out at random. From Wordnik.com. [Dead Beat]
"I've no desire to sit here a hundred years, lad," Mickey offered halfheartedly. From Wordnik.com. [The Woods Out Back]
He would halfheartedly scale a few obstacles and then, as if bemused by the effort, stop. From Wordnik.com. [After 125 years, American Kennel Club opens competitions to mutts] Reference
He's sitting on the floor, halfheartedly playing with the Legos my brother gave him. From Wordnik.com. [The Feed] Reference
One little boy, very young throwing a rock rather halfheartedly at the barricade earlier on. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 7, 2002] Reference
Nothing was moving except for a few servants, halfheartedly searching for the missing animals. From Wordnik.com. [Truly]
And I'm not saying we should be thankful for small measures, halfheartedly executed or marketed. From Wordnik.com. [Joel Makower: Hybrids and Cleaner Vehicles: No Good Car Goes Unpunished] Reference
In the mid-'90s, Vickers halfheartedly engineered a new model, but couldn't afford a new engine. From Wordnik.com. [A Smooth Ride] Reference
But the Bikas '2,000 scrawny chickens now peck halfheartedly at the feed under smoky, paraffin lanterns. From Wordnik.com. [In Africa, Outages Stifle a Boom] Reference
So I stood there, but the other two started to strip, one halfheartedly (guangrong) and another did the full monty!. From Wordnik.com. [j-gan Diary Entry] Reference
But none of the testers fell in love with any of the jobs recommended, and they halfheartedly applied to a handful each. From Wordnik.com. [Making a Match: Job Sites Get Personal] Reference
So I halfheartedly tied up the obvious loose ends, deleted the sections I wasn't in the mood to complete, and clicked print. From Wordnik.com. [evolver Diary Entry] Reference
They have a hard enough time keeping up and many in the leadership did not even halfheartedly pursue expanding the Peace Corps. From Wordnik.com. [Laurence Leamer: Obama's Omission was a Willful Choice] Reference
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