idly

Definitions

adv

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.

noun

1

Alternative spelling of idli.

A Tamil breakfast starts with idly (steamed rice cakes) with sambhar (hot, spicy and sour lentils with vegetables) and rasams (broth of lentil, spiced) and upma (cooked course wheat), lunch is generally dosai (thin crepes), vadas (deep fried nuggets of lentils) with sambhar.

Collocations

5

ADJ.

blue, over, steamed, white, whole

VERB + IDLY

can't, don't, going, hand, lived, look, looked, looking

IDLY + NOUN

attention, himself, rice, sunday

PREP.

on, out, through, with, with

ADV.

away, instead

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adverb — in an idle manner

lazily

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

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

Wiktionary

02

A Tamil breakfast starts with idly (steamed rice cakes) with sambhar (hot, spicy and sour lentils with vegetables) and rasams (broth of lentil, spiced) and upma (cooked course wheat), lunch is general

Wiktionary

03

Don't look away idly; just pay attention to what you're doing.

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04

I usually spend the whole day idly on Sunday.

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05

He was idly turning over the pages of a magazine.

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06

He lived idly and found himself already forty years old.

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