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Idly

//ˈaɪd(ə)lɪ// adv, noun

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 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. 2
    In an idle manner.
Adverb
  1. 1
    in an idle manner wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of idli. alt-of, alternative

    "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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

From Tamil இட்லி (iṭli), Kannada ಇಡ್ಲಿ (iḍli).

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