indifferent
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (dated) Unbiased, impartial, judging fairly.Examples: "On October 7, 1640, the Massachusetts General Court attempted to solve the problem by a law stating that property seized for debts was to be assessed "at such prizes [prices] as the same shalbee valewed [shall be valued] at by 3 understanding and indifferent men, to bee chosen, the one by the creditor, another by the debtor, and the third by the marshall […]""Synonyms: objective, unbiased, candid, cold, clinical, detached, egal, equaldated
2. (mechanics) Being in the state of neutral equilibrium.
3. (obsolete) Not different, matching.Examples: "[…] let their heads be sleekly comb’d, their blue coats brush’d and their garters of an indifferent knit"Synonyms: identical, undifferentiated, identical, indifferent, nondifferent, one and the same, self, selfsameobsolete
adv (English)
1. (obsolete) To some extent, in some degree (intermediate between very and not at all); moderately, tolerably, fairly.Examples: "The face of the Moon appearing to me to be full of indifferent high mountains."; "Get thee [to] a Nunry, why wouldst thou be a breeder of ſinners, I am my ſelfe indifferent honest, but yet I could accuse mee of ſuch things, that it were better my Mother had not bourne mee […]"Synonyms: acceptably, adequately, averagely, fairly, halfway, in a way, indifferent, macklyobsolete
2. (obsolete) Without distinction or preference for some over others.Examples: "Newton. My Maſters, you that be the chiefeſt of the rout, The King intreats you kindly here by me, To come and ſpeake with him a word or two. Iacke Straw. Sirra, if the King would any thinge with vs, Tell him the way is indifferent to meete vs. Newton. You are too many to be talkt with all, […]"obsolete
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