idly
IPA: ˈaɪdɫi
noun
- Alternative spelling of idli [A South Asian cake made from rice and lentils, whose ground mixture is fermented and steamed in a mold.]
adverb
- Without specific purpose, intent or effort. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
- In an idle manner. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
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Examples of "idly" in Sentences
- I just wanted to grab a scrap of paper that he was kind of idly doodling on.
- "Come in," I called idly, and the door promptly opened, and to my amazement Miss Morland stood before me.
- But meanwhile -- "She picked up a thick book from the table, read the title idly:"'Secret Memoirs of the Favourites of the French Courts!'
- Even a word idly spoken may give rise to thoughts which may grow up and flourish, till they become like a upas tree to destroy all within their influence.
- He had used the phrase idly and, although it was possible he might in just as idle a mood commit the act itself, Donaldson was convinced that it was not yet a fixed idea.
- April 17, 2009 at 2: 12 pm as minor investors in this well-made documentary, my wife & i were praying that some would 'idly' switch on their TV & be richly blessed. glad that you watched & enjoyed NC.
- This serves the dual purpose of not melting things next to your notebook (such as idly-placed fingers) and keeping the noise down as the fan noise is emitted from the rear of the unit so is less noticeable.
- Meanwhile, I have to make a confession: in idly making my first state assignments, I assumed the easiest pick for Connecticut would be John Cheever: the only trouble would be whether to just include his stories or add a novel or his journals too.
- Bear witness this my stone house of night that has hidden me, and the wail-circled water of Cocytus, my husband did not, as men say, kill me, looking eagerly to marriage with another; why should Rufinius have an ill name idly? but my predestined Fates lead me away; not surely is
- Sometimes they are unqualified to gain a maintenance, educated as is called, genteelly, or in other words idly, they are ignorant of every thing that might give them superior abilities to the lower rank of people, and their birth renders them less acceptable servants to many, who have not generosity enough to treat them as they ought, and yet do not choose while they are acting the mistress, perhaps too haughtily, to feel the secret reproaches of their own hearts.
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