indifferently

Etymology

indifferent + -ly

adv

1. In an indifferent manner.
   1. Tolerably; passably.
   2. Without distinction; impartially, objectively.
   3. Without great care; without sufficient attention or thought.
      They might have been lifted bodily out of an indifferently written American crime novel. 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 3, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 222
      For the first ten years of nationalisation a further note of overall gloom was added by the depressing policy of unimaginative Regional colour schemes, indifferently applied. 1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 251