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Sentence count:94+9Posted:2017-03-01Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: lazilySimilar words: lucidlyrapidlytimidlysplendidlylanguidlyidlesidlebadlyMeaning: [aɪdlɪ]  adv. in an idle manner. 
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31. Idly I ---, and as I lay dreaming I saw her face again.
32. Corbett lay dozing on the bed, idly wondering what Maeve was doing, and thought again of Sister Agatha.
33. She lay for a minute half in sleep, hall in stupor, and her tongue licked idly at my ear.
34. The sun coaxed her body to stretch idly as a cat; she tanned easily, adored white heat and turquoise sea.
35. The sound of a horse in harness, of its hoof idly striking a stone! Sentencedict.com
36. I crossed the gravel and started idly off through the trees to the east.
37. Idly she traced the pattern of the marble-topped table with a slender finger.
38. Idly she began to stab at the wet ground with it, but it struck something hard straight away.
39. Reclining in a comfortable chair, David idly flipped through a magazine.
40. To its shame, the international community has stood idly by and allowed this human tragedy to continue for far too long.
41. Upon my word, it looks as if my time today has not been so idly wasted as you suppose.
42. She idly watched a tame yellow warbler hopping back and forth across the window sill as Victor put the call through.
43. Idly she let her eyes drift over his desk, over the orderly piles of papers and files arranged there.
44. Sun shining, birds singing, me propped up on the pillows idly chatting.
45. Instead of standing idly by or opposing change, the union should become actively involved in making change happen.
46. He idly wondered if Joscelyn had returned to his old ways and was engaged in some petty smuggling.
47. Edouard was tapping the table idly with one finger, which Isobel knew was a sign of irritation.
48. The shop assistant, staring idly through his shop-window, saw the school bus approaching its stop, through almost blinding rain.
49. I idly noted that a brass plate declared that this bit of garden furniture was sacred to some one's memory.
50. Was I supposed to sit idly by until I, or some one I knew, encountered more job discrimination?
51. He went to the library at noon and sat, idly reading, wanting a nap, forgetting to have lunch.
52. When he rolled away from her, she idly pulled a frond of fern and stroked it down his cheek.
53. Idly, Tzann picked up another brown envelope, addressed to him in crudely fashioned capitals.
54. Idly I wondered why he insisted on them being cooked sunny side up.
55. Idly he turned to the London addendum that had been recently updated while the shipping contract had been under negotiation.
56. On the other hand, we can not stand idly by while people starve in the streets.
57. He wondered idly what sort of tripe Hank had written.
58. At first they sat around and talked idly, and then Gail started writing a story about a girl getting pregnant.
59. She snuggled deeper into the warmth, idly reviewing the plans for the evening.
60. He was walking along at a good clip, his eyes idly panning the facades of the brownstone houses.
More similar words: lucidlyrapidlytimidlysplendidlylanguidlyidlesidlebadlysadlycuddlyloudlygladlygoodlydeadlyhardlyproudlybroadlyspindlymarkedlyhardly anydoggedlyinwardlyfriendlyallegedlyabsurdlysupposedlydastardlyniggardlyreputedlyunabashedly
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