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idly

adv
/ˈaɪd(ə)lɪ/

Etymology

From Middle English idely, ydelly, idelliche, from Old English īdellīċe, equivalent to idle + -ly.

  1. inherited from īdellīċe
  2. inherited from idely

Definitions

  1. Without specific purpose, intent or effort.

    • I idly played with the paper, not even realizing I was folding it into a paper airplane.

  2. In an idle manner.

  3. Alternative spelling of idli.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for idly. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA