halfheartedly
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Definition of halfheartedly
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adv
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With little enthusiasm or interest.
“Near-synonyms: unenthusiastically, lukewarmly”
“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.”
““Oh, but I feel, and particularly just now—it’s your fault,” he said, pressing her hand—“that all that doesn’t count. I do it in a way halfheartedly. If I could care for all that as I care for you!... Instead of that, I do it in these days like a task that is set me.””
“Extreme rhetoric often landed like another genre of Internet content—something to be halfheartedly consumed, laughed at, scrolled past, and then forgotten.”
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Etymology
From halfhearted + -ly.
Words you can make from halfheartedly
200+ playable · top: HALFHEARTED (21 pts)
Best play halfhearted 21 points9-letter words
3 words8-letter words
18 words7-letter words
49 words- HEALTHY 16 pts
- DEATHLY 14 pts
- DEERFLY 14 pts
- FATHEAD 14 pts
- HALYARD 14 pts
- HARDHAT 14 pts
- HYDRATE 14 pts
- THREADY 14 pts
- EARTHLY 13 pts
- FATALLY 13 pts
- FEATHER 13 pts
- FLEETLY 13 pts
- HEATHER 13 pts
- HELLERY 13 pts
- LATHERY 13 pts
- TEREFAH 13 pts
- AFEARED 11 pts
- ALLAYED 11 pts
- ALREADY 11 pts
- DEFLATE 11 pts
- DELAYER 11 pts
- DRAFTEE 11 pts
- EARTHED 11 pts
- ELDERLY 11 pts
- FEDERAL 11 pts
- HEARTED 11 pts
- LAYERED 11 pts
- LYRATED 11 pts
- RELAYED 11 pts
- ALERTLY 10 pts
- ALLAYER 10 pts
- AREALLY 10 pts
- FELLATE 10 pts
- HALTERE 10 pts
- HETAERA 10 pts
- LEAFLET 10 pts
- LEATHER 10 pts
- RATAFEE 10 pts
- REFLATE 10 pts
- RETALLY 10 pts
- TREHALA 10 pts
- AERATED 8 pts
- ALERTED 8 pts
- ALTERED 8 pts
- DEALATE 8 pts
- LATERAD 8 pts
- RELATED 8 pts
- TREADLE 8 pts
- LATERAL 7 pts
6-letter words
114 words- HEATHY 15 pts
- DAFTLY 13 pts
- DEAFLY 13 pts
- DEATHY 13 pts
- DEFRAY 13 pts
- DEFTLY 13 pts
- DRAFTY 13 pts
- FLAYED 13 pts
- FLEYED 13 pts
- FLYTED 13 pts
- FRAYED 13 pts
- HAFTED 13 pts
- HARDLY 13 pts
- HEFTED 13 pts
- HYDRAE 13 pts
- REDEFY 13 pts
- EARTHY 12 pts
- FATHER 12 pts
- FEALTY 12 pts
- FEATLY 12 pts
- FELLAH 12 pts
- FLATLY 12 pts
- FLAYER 12 pts
- FREELY 12 pts
- HAFTER 12 pts
- HALLAH 12 pts
- HEALTH 12 pts
- HEARTH 12 pts
- HEARTY 12 pts
- HEFTER 12 pts
- HYETAL 12 pts
- TREFAH 12 pts
- TREYFA 12 pts
- ADHERE 10 pts
- AFEARD 10 pts
- DAFTER 10 pts
- DALETH 10 pts
- DATARY 10 pts
- DEAFER 10 pts
- DEARLY 10 pts
- DEARTH 10 pts
- DEFEAT 10 pts
- DEFLEA 10 pts
- DEFTER 10 pts
- DELEAF 10 pts
- FARDEL 10 pts
- FARTED 10 pts
- FEARED 10 pts
- FELLED 10 pts
- FELTED 10 pts
- FLARED 10 pts
- HALTED 10 pts
- HATRED 10 pts
- HEADER 10 pts
- HEALED 10 pts
- HEATED 10 pts
- HELLED 10 pts
- HERALD 10 pts
- LATHED 10 pts
- LEAFED 10 pts
- RAFTED 10 pts
- THREAD 10 pts
- YELLED 10 pts
- AETHER 9 pts
- AFREET 9 pts
- ALTHEA 9 pts
- EATERY 9 pts
- ELYTRA 9 pts
- FALLER 9 pts
- FALTER 9 pts
- FEATER 9 pts
- FELLER 9 pts
- HALTER 9 pts
- HARTAL 9 pts
- HEALER 9 pts
- HEATER 9 pts
- HELLER 9 pts
- HEREAT 9 pts
- LATELY 9 pts
- LATHER 9 pts
- LEAFER 9 pts
- LEALTY 9 pts
- LEFTER 9 pts
- LETHAL 9 pts
- LYRATE 9 pts
- RALLYE 9 pts
- REALLY 9 pts
- REALTY 9 pts
- REFALL 9 pts
- REFELL 9 pts
- REFELT 9 pts
- REFLET 9 pts
- REHEAT 9 pts
- TELFER 9 pts
- TEREFA 9 pts
- THALER 9 pts
- THRALL 9 pts
- YELLER 9 pts
- ALATED 7 pts
- DARTLE 7 pts
- DEALER 7 pts
- DELATE 7 pts
- DERATE 7 pts
- ELATED 7 pts
- LADLER 7 pts
- LEADER 7 pts
- REDATE 7 pts
- TEARED 7 pts
- AERATE 6 pts
- ELATER 6 pts
- RELATE 6 pts
- RETELL 6 pts
- TALLER 6 pts
- TELLER 6 pts
5-letter words
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