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Definition of Halfheartedly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Halfheartedly
Literary usage of Halfheartedly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lectures on the Harvard Classics by William Allan Neilson (1914)
"Faith means to believe what seems probable, and to believe it not halfheartedly,
but with conviction. For if one believes halfheartedly, one cannot proceed ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"1191 and one ready to hand, is to bring out to our own students, not halfheartedly,
but with vigor, not a few but all available facts that shed light on the ..."
3. Representative American Plays by Arthur Hobson Quinn (1917)
"There is a general laugh at his discomfiture, in which he joins halfheartedly.
As t ¡ie curtain descends, RIP is seen pointing at the girl as if seeking, ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... discouraging endeavours to establish religious peace in Germany, found what
he thought was a gleam of hope in the concession halfheartedly made by the ..."
5. The Century (1902)
"covering with the hoe, because the dropping of the corn was much easier and
quicker to do than the hoeing, she went to work halfheartedly. ..."
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