Adjective : lukewarm applause. From Dictionary.com.
They may call their lukewarmness charity, meekness, moderation, and a largeness of soul; it is nauseous to. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)] Reference
France was viewing the Scots Queen's pretensions with increasing lukewarmness, and. From Wordnik.com. [England under the Tudors] Reference
Nor would she, ever again; from this time forward, she would rival the rest in lukewarmness. —. From Wordnik.com. [The Getting of Wisdom] Reference
Such was his gusto that he did not seem to notice the lukewarmness of the father's and son's greeting. From Wordnik.com. [Around the World in Ten Days] Reference
London was warm and exhausted after the hot day, but this peculiar lukewarmness was not unpleasant to him. From Wordnik.com. [The Trespasser] Reference
'My feelings compel me to stand out against the faction (of the optimates), in spite of your lukewarmness.'. From Wordnik.com. [C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino] Reference
Cabinet, certainly could not, up to this period, be suspected of lukewarmness in the prosecution of the war. From Wordnik.com. [The Grand Old Man] Reference
All aristocrats, all persons suspected of lukewarmness in the cause of liberty, were ordered to the guillotine. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
She was shrewd enough to recognise that the man who boasts of lukewarmness is generally something less than tepid. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
Such lukewarmness and untimely peace sentiments, widely diffused through the loyal States, would be truly alarming. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
As a matter of fact, the position of neutrality comes about through an attitude of lukewarmness regarding basic issues. From Wordnik.com. [The Spirit of '67] Reference
He was much rejoiced at the turn matters were taking on the Continent, and deplored the lukewarmness of English Anarchists. From Wordnik.com. [A Girl Among the Anarchists] Reference
Shall we, by lukewarmness or neglect, give the enemies of our institutions the triumph of reproaching us with indifference. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921] Reference
Whatever there was of lukewarmness or indifference in me in regard to humanity was licked up, as it were, by a fiery flame of love. From Wordnik.com. [A California Girl] Reference
Thou knowest, oh Lord! that I am very weak in body; but, oh! grant that I may not make that a cover for indolence and lukewarmness. From Wordnik.com. [The Annual Monitor for 1851 or, Obituary of the members of the Society of Friends in Great Britain and Ireland, for the year 1850] Reference
Tilly seemed disposed to lay the blame of his lukewarmness at her door, Laura glued her mouth, the next time Bob hove in sight, into. From Wordnik.com. [The Getting of Wisdom] Reference
Slowly its great beauty unfolded itself to him; he found it so wonderful in its perfection, so satisfying that he marvelled at his previous lukewarmness. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
He is not a fiction of hieratic imagination, whom priests regale with hyperbolic flattery qualified only by the lukewarmness of their belief in their own words. From Wordnik.com. [Hindu Gods And Heroes Studies in the History of the Religion of India] Reference
Mr. Gladstone, who was the most distinguished Peelite in the Cabinet, certainly could not, up to this period, be suspected of lukewarmness in the prosecution of the war. From Wordnik.com. [The Grand Old Man]
Almost, from the troubled expression of his face as he looks at the girl, one might imagine him trying to combat her apparent lukewarmness more then her brother's objections. From Wordnik.com. [Molly Bawn] Reference
Any neglect of spiritual devotion must result in lukewarmness. From Wordnik.com. [How to Live a Holy Life] Reference
Early love has fallen away, and lukewarmness has taken its place. From Wordnik.com. [Gala-days] Reference
"I don't understand the lukewarmness of the party papers," he said. From Wordnik.com. [Half a Rogue] Reference
Wall Street, would have that there was any lukewarmness or dodging. From Wordnik.com. [Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated] Reference
No shilly-shallying, no lukewarmness, no indifference to a noble cause. From Wordnik.com. [Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War] Reference
In warm times lukewarmness is a crime with those on whose side you are ranged. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3] Reference
Accusations of sloth and lukewarmness might not unjustly be preferred against her. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance] Reference
Canning, however, though suspected of lukewarmness, did not let the question rest in 1822. From Wordnik.com. [The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837)] Reference
But this had arisen from two causes, and lukewarmness in his love had not been either of them. From Wordnik.com. [The Bertrams] Reference
'There is one thing,' said I, 'connected with this matter which surprises me -- your own lukewarmness. From Wordnik.com. [Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest] Reference
I will now tell you of a few of the symptoms of lukewarmness, so you may know whether such is your state. From Wordnik.com. [How to Live a Holy Life] Reference
The situation was distinctly awkward -- seeing his helplessness and the lukewarmness of the Board behind him. From Wordnik.com. [Five Tales] Reference
Boardman's lukewarmness in promoting the second war with Great Britain, against whose armies both had fought in the. From Wordnik.com. [Log-book of Timothy Boardman Kept On Board The Privateer Oliver Cromwell, During A Cruise From New London, Ct., to Charleston, S. C., And Return, In 1778; Also, A Biographical Sketch of The Author.] Reference
'I look, and I tell you, Philip, it's of a piece with your lukewarmness for the country, or you wouldn't talk like that.'. From Wordnik.com. [Celt and Saxon — Complete] Reference
(Commandant-General) 2,001 -- were additional evidence of the impotency or lukewarmness of the reform party among the burghers. From Wordnik.com. [Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902] Reference
Mr. Hale was disappointed in his pupil's lukewarmness about Greek literature, which had but a short time ago so great an interest for him. From Wordnik.com. [North and South] Reference
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