disinterestedly

Example Sentences

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I posed the question as disinterestedly as possible, but it was clear I wasn’t asking for a friend.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2023

"I just need a poster for class," the student replies disinterestedly, in one of the dark crime drama's rare moments of comic relief.

From Salon • Oct. 3, 2021

He drifts disinterestedly in the spaces between defenders.

From Slate • Jul. 2, 2014

Young men bent low over tables playing boisterous dice games while their girlfriends, hair dyed various shades of red and brown, smoked disinterestedly and texted, their faces illuminated by the glow of their phones.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2011

When evening finally came he lit the lamps and began to page disinterestedly through a book.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss