lukewarm : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lukewarm	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for lukewarm
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lukewarm adj moderately warm; "he hates lukewarm coffee"; "tepid bath water" Synonym(s): lukewarm, tepid feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm; "a halfhearted effort"; "gave only lukewarm support to the candidate" Synonym(s): halfhearted, half-hearted, tepid, lukewarm
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lukewarm \Luke"warm`\, a. [See {Luke}.] Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid; not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent. [bd] Lukewarm blood.[b8] --Spenser. [bd] Lukewarm patriots.[b8] --Addison. An obedience so lukewarm and languishing that it merits not the name of passion. --Dryden. -- {Luce"warm`ly}, adv. -- {Luce"warm`ness}, n.