Don't look away idly; just pay attention to what you're doing.
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Idly
//ˈaɪd(ə)lɪ//
Synonyms for "idly" (16 found)
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7 translations across 5 languages.
Esperanto
1 entries- senokupe adv (in an idle manner)
Hungarian
2 entries- szórakozottan adv (without specific purpose, intent or effort)
- tétlenül adv (in an idle manner)
Ingrian
1 entries- jouten adv (without specific purpose, intent or effort)
Middle English
2 entries- ydelly adv (without specific purpose, intent or effort)
- ydelly adv (in an idle manner)
Polish
1 entries- bezczynnie adv (in an idle manner)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
I usually spend the whole day idly on Sunday.
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He was idly turning over the pages of a magazine.
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He lived idly and found himself already forty years old.
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