adv. In a lukewarm manner.
1611. Cotgr., Tiedement, luke-warmely.
1675. Traherne, Chr. Ethics, 169. To be beloved lukewarmly is to be embraced with polluted and filthy armes.
1880. Mem. Sir J. Paget, v. 295. We and some more are ‘on the whole’ and ‘rather luke-warmly’ in favour of their admission.
