1. idly

adverb. ['ˈaɪdli'] in an idle manner.

Rhymes with Idly

• widely

Sentences with idly

1. Adverb
If you wait idly at the bus stop, you may look uninterested in riding the bus.

Quotes about idly

1. Ah, well,ʺ said Abe, idly studying his fingertips. ʺI have it on good authority thereʹs going to be a new ‘gateʹ opening up soon over on the south side of the wall."The truth dawned on me. ʺOh lord. Youʹre the one whoʹs been doling out C4.ʺʺYou make it sound so easy,ʺ he said with a frown. ʺThat stuffʹs hard to get a hold of.
- Richelle Mead, Last Sacrifice

2. Life was not to be sitting in hot amorphic leisure in my backyard idly writing or not writing, as the spirit moved me. It was, instead, running madly, in a crowded schedule, in a squirrel cage of busy people. Working, living, dancing, dreaming, talking, kissing- singing, laughing, learning.
- Sylvia Plath