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APATHETICALLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does apathetically mean?
• APATHETICALLY (adverb)
The adverb APATHETICALLY has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: APATHETICALLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In an apathetic manner
Context example:
she behaves apathetically these days
Pertainym:
apathetic (marked by a lack of interest)
Context examples
The cheapness and vulgarity of it was nauseating, and Martin noted apathetically that he was not nauseated very much.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
"How'd it happen?" he asked apathetically.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
He noted its amount apathetically.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
He read her letter apathetically.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
A reluctant elevator boy went for a box full of straw and some milk to which he added on his own initiative a tin of large hard dog biscuits—one of which decomposed apathetically in the saucer of milk all afternoon.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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