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Meaning of idly in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Adverb
    1. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈaɪdli/

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  1. Adverb

    idly

    Definitions

    1. in an idle manner

    Examples

    • « this is what I always imagined myself doing in the south of France, sitting idly, drinking coffee, watching the people »

Famous quotes

  • « There is nothing like being left alone again, to walk peacefully with oneself in the woods. To boil one's coffee and fill one's pipe, and to think idly and slowly as one does it. »
    Knut Hamsun
  • « When others stood idly by, you and your families gave your all, in defence of a risen people and in pursuit of Irish freedom and unity. »
    Gerry Adams
  • « Many thousands of youth have been deprived of the benefit of education thereby, their morals ruined, and talents irretrievably lost to society, for want of cultivation: while two parties have been idly contending who should bestow it. »
    Joseph Lancaster

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