What is "halfheartedly"

Usage examples of "halfheartedly".

Canal Street waving halfheartedly at every cab that passed, he tried to turn his mind to other matters.

He lifted his spear halfheartedly in both hands as if to rush in, but then changed his mind and took aim, thinking it wiser to throw the weapon instead.

She whimpered and rolled her eyes and halfheartedly tried to fight me off.

Robert Braehme, a New York actor who, in the best theatrical tradition, attempted halfheartedly to kill several of the others, suffered a nervous breakdown, and had to be returned to the States under restraint.

He ambled along halfheartedly, conscious of Coll watching him from time to time, but avoiding his gaze.

Her bra was shimmery and silver and very transparent and it halfheartedly supported large breasts that she kept playing against his chest.

Becky answered halfheartedly as she and Jaric turned and left the room.

She halfheartedly watched the crowds, hoping to see Marq or Qent, and that was how she noticed that three men and a woman were moving parallel to her as she crossed the Plaza of Promise.

He lunged halfheartedly instead at the one who had not yet received gladial attention.

She entered, rather halfheartedly, into the various discussions as to what she should wear to the dance and was at length persuaded to buy a new dress--a dream in aubergine pleated chiffon.

I cursed him as I cleaned up the remains of our brunch, but halfheartedly.

Within a small arroyo half a mile from the camp of the caravan Don Maylo's golden stallion, still saddled but bridleless, lazily wandered, browsing halfheartedly on the few rough plants, stamping and whuffling now and again at the tiny, scuttling creatures of the night.

Alone in the diner rest room, alone with the stink of Lysol and piss and little blue cakes of toilet cleanser, Alvin leaned over the sink again and splashed his face with the icy cold water gurgling halfheartedly from the tap.

Ron halfheartedly suggested the Invisibility Cloak, but Hermione stamped on that one, reminding Ron what Dumbledore had told them about the Dementors being able to see through them.

She walked outside and called halfheartedly for the missing dachshunds, an exercise that she abandoned swiftly after spying a fat brown snake.