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Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid; not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent.

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  1. a. Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid; not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent.
  2. adj. moderately warm
  3. adj. feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm
  4. Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid; not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent. " Lukewarm blood." Spenser. " Lukewarm patriots." Addison. An obedience so lukewarm and languishing that it merits not the name of passion. Dryden. -- Luce"warm`ly, adv. -- Luce"warm`ness, n.
  5. Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid; not ardent; notzealous; cool; indifferent. " Lukewarm blood." Spenser. " Lukewarmpatriots." Addison.An obedience so lukewarm and languishing that it merits not the nameof passion. Dryden.-- Luce"warm`ly, adv.-- Luce"warm`ness, n.