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half-heartedly

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Adv.1.half-heartedly - without enthusiasm; in a half-hearted manner; "she tried half-heartedly"
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This appeal seemed to produce some effect, for two of the fellows began to look here and there among the lumber, but half-heartedly, I thought, and with half an eye to their own danger all the time, while the rest stood irresolute on the road.
Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
In them I visioned sudden death, and I declined the wine half-heartedly.
John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context
The boy was sitting in a disconsolate little heap by the roadside, whittling half-heartedly at a small stick.
Pollyanna by Porter, Eleanor H. View in context
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