idly

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   in an idle manner

   This is what I always imagined myself doing in the south of France, sitting idly, drinking coffee, watching the people.

2. 2
   adv

   Without specific purpose, intent or effort.

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

3. 3
   noun

   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.

4. 4
   adv

   In an idle manner.

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

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